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Snow Day Research Paper

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It's a cold, wintry day when the first flake falls. Everyone gets excited, but a lot of people don’t know much information about the fragile flakes that fall from the wintry sky. That information includes: how the snowflakes form, their appearance, and the conditions of it snowing.

Before all else, most people may not know how the frozen flakes are formed. According to, Snow Day! By Tabitha Walker, the process flakes of how the icy flakes are formed all starts when water evaporates from the Earth and rises into the atmosphere. As the water reaches a certain level of the atmosphere that is 32° Fahrenheit, it freezes. These tiny droplets of frozen water are called ice crystals. These ice crystals then form around a dust or dirt particles. Some of the larger snowflakes can have up to 200 ice crystals. These few steps are what form the beautiful snowflakes that fall from the sky on a harsh winter day.

Additionally, many people don’t know what the snowflakes look like. Although they may all look white as they fall from the sky, but if you look at them through a microscope, each and every one of them have a rare and unique shape and design. …show more content…

As you already know, the air has to be 32° Fahrenheit at most in order for to snow, but did you know that it could actually be too cold to snow? There has to be moisture in the air in order for it to snow, so anything below 15° Fahrenheit can be too for there to be moisture in the air, making it too cold to snow. To continue, the ground has to be a certain temperature for the snow to stick to it. Unlike the air, the ground takes in more heat from the Sun, making them two completely different temperatures. The ground has to be 32° Fahrenheit at most. If it is any warmer, the snow will not stick, it will melt. There are several conditions for the bitterly cold snow to fall and stick to the

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