Snowflakes vary by size and shape but exactly how many different patterns are there and what weather features influence their appearance?

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Typically more useful for short-term forecasts — ranging from just a few hours to three days before an event — mesoscale ...

I have a few videos about snowflakes, in this video I try a different combination for this year's Christmas season. Let's try it. You can change the wire length and diameter to suit your materials and ...

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There is a larger wedge of cold air that refreezes the partially melted snowflakes into ice pellets (aka sleet). For freezing rain to occur, the warm air layer is thicker. The snow melts into rain ...

so it’s probably not a surprise that his system divided up the categories for falling snow into 41 different types. Nakaya spent countless hours looking at all kinds of different snowflakes and ice ...

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