It means the snowflake has been through the climactic wringer, circulating from warmer levels to much colder ones several times at a fairly rapid speed, only allowing for partial melting and deformation of the crystaline structure until the weight of the snow pellet exceeds its "loft" based on its size.
It makes for funny shoveling and noisy precipitation on the tin roof over the milk room.
Oh yeah ... Chicken Little advises me the sky is falling, too.
It means the snowflake has been through the climactic wringer, circulating from warmer levels to much colder ones several times at a fairly rapid speed, only allowing for partial melting and deformation of the crystaline structure until the weight of the snow pellet exceeds its "loft" based on its size.
ReplyDeleteIt makes for funny shoveling and noisy precipitation on the tin roof over the milk room.
Oh yeah ... Chicken Little advises me the sky is falling, too.
I went outside to look for some ...
ReplyDeleteThank you Wil. It is pretty neat looking stuff and was soon followed by those big fluffy flakes that look like goose down. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteHi FC, did you find any? If not we will send you some!
fred
ReplyDeleteit looks like perlite also, we use it at work to lighten the grout. sometimes.
love ya
mappy
Hey bro....you couldn't tell the mini snowballs from the perlite I use to make my potting soil lighter. lol
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