# Snow Layer(Answered)
**URL:** https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874
**Category:** General
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874 "2020-10-29T15:52:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/1 "2020-10-29T15:52:06Z")
I also have a question regarding the snow layer. I’m using version 3.296 / NOAA GFS (FV3) 25km.
On the rain layer, I see the precipitation of blue and purple on the screen for my area, but when I switch to the snow layer, I see the exact same thing. Am I supposed to see something different for snow?
Thank You
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### Author:  [@duane](https://forum.flowx.io/u/duane)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/2 "2020-10-29T17:25:46Z")
Can you post some screenshots?
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/3 "2020-10-29T20:08:03Z")
I guess since Im a new user, I can only send (1) image. I’ll try to reply 2 times
 with 2 different screen shots
The attached shows precipitation
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/4 "2020-10-29T20:09:15Z")
Here is the second which is the snow layer
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### Author:  [@duane](https://forum.flowx.io/u/duane)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/5 "2020-10-29T21:26:37Z")
That’s because the precipitation is all snow. If you zoom all the way out and flip between precipitation and snow, you’ll see the change.
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### Author:  [@BrianLY-38](https://forum.flowx.io/u/BrianLY-38)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/6 "2020-10-29T21:51:44Z")
@aptillie Hello and Welcome to the Forum and Thank You for Using Flowx
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### Author:  [@Alex](https://forum.flowx.io/u/Alex)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/7 "2020-10-30T07:52:31Z")
> [@aptillie](#):
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> On the rain layer, I see the precipitation of blue and purple on the screen for my area, but when I switch to the snow layer, I see the exact same thing. Am I supposed to see something different for snow?
At the bottom of your two graphs I can see that Precipitation and Snow have the same default color and range.
Long press on the range bar then change one of them.
Now you’ll see a difference between snow and rain.
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### Author:  [@BrianLY-38](https://forum.flowx.io/u/BrianLY-38)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/8 "2020-10-30T12:26:22Z")
you can see minor differences between the two but @Alex idea changing the color range is a good idea
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/9 "2020-10-30T14:17:49Z")
Thank you. Flowx works very well for my photography needs.
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/10 "2020-10-30T14:19:31Z")
I didn’t know you could change the color range. Did like you said and now with two different ranges, snow will appear as snow.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/11 "2020-10-30T14:20:47Z")
No matter if I zoom in or out, they still look the same. Changing the color range as Alex mentioned did the trick.
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/12 "2020-10-30T14:26:54Z")
Well it did work. I changed the color range when I was on the snow layer, but when I switch back to the Precip layer, the color range stayed the same, so now both Snow and Precip layer are the new colors, so both look the same again.
The color range does not change based on which layer you are on.
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### Author:  [@aptillie](https://forum.flowx.io/u/aptillie)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/13 "2020-10-30T14:30:51Z")
Never mind. Here is what I just did. I left the new color range as is, then I went to the Precip layer and changed the color there. When I changed that color, the new Snow layer stayed in the new color, so now I have two different colors.
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### Author:  [@Alex](https://forum.flowx.io/u/Alex)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/14 "2020-10-30T15:48:28Z")
Glad that worked for you.
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### Author:  [@duane](https://forum.flowx.io/u/duane)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/15 "2020-10-30T18:42:51Z")
You are mixing up two things.
1. The color range changes the color of the data. It does not change the data.
2. When you change from precipitation to snow, Flowx does load the snow data. You don’t see any change and think it’s precipitation because they look exactly the same for where you live.
I didn’t say “zoom in and out” to fix it. I said:
> [@duane](#):
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> If you zoom all the way out and flip between precipitation and snow, you’ll see the change.
What I mean is, zoom all the way out until you see the entire world, then flip between precipitation and snow, and you’ll see the data change.
I emphasize this because you are misunderstanding the data. You think the data is wrong but the data is correct.
If you want to change the color for precipitation and for snow, long-press on the scale, change the Scale id in the top drop-down box, and then change the color in second drop-down box. A scale can be used in multiple places, so when you change it, it will change everywhere it’s used. Precipitation and snow use the same Scale id, this is why when you changed the color for snow, it changed for precipitation.
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### Author:  [@Alex](https://forum.flowx.io/u/Alex)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/16 "2020-10-31T09:57:00Z")
> [@duane](#):
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> That’s because the precipitation is all snow. If you zoom all the way out and flip between precipitation and snow, you’ll see the change.
The first screenshot clearly indicates rain, both on the map and graph.
So, if the data is correct, how have you concluded it’s “all snow”?
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### Author:  [@duane](https://forum.flowx.io/u/duane)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/17 "2020-10-31T11:09:12Z")
No, the first screenshot shows (and labelled) precipitation, which could be rain or snow or hail or sleet.
People often mistake precipitation for rain - I used to. But rain is just one type of precipitation. Rain and snow are both precipitation. Precipitation is rain, snow, ice pellets and freezing rain.
If you zoom right out to see the entire world and flip from precipitation to snow, you’ll see the rain in the tropics disappear and the snow stay.
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### Author:  [@Alex](https://forum.flowx.io/u/Alex)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/18 "2020-10-31T12:01:25Z")
Thank you for the clarification on the terminology.
Interestingly, dual-polarization radar technology, used by the NWS, can help tell the difference between hail, ice pellets and rain, and even determine hail size.
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### Author:  [@BrianLY-38](https://forum.flowx.io/u/BrianLY-38)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.flowx.io/t/snow-layer-answered/874/19 "2020-10-31T12:50:16Z")
as amazing and wonderful radar is it has its limitations any partical in the air has the potential of showing up, rain, snow, smoke, dust storm etc. and it can’t tell you how much will actually fall to the ground. just gives you a heads-up 💯💯