This graphic illustrates how different winter precipitation types form. Sleet occurs when there is warmer air closer to the base of the cloud, not the ground. Snow falls through this wedge of ...

The first snowfall of winter is always special, but have you ever thought of the science behind how snow is formed? Find out the answer in this latest episode of Ask Dr. Universe! Ask Dr. Universe ...

Snow. It's made up ... in the clouds where they form, but the basic shape is a hexagon, due to the bonding of hydrogen and oxygen molecules in the air. The diagram below, which is based on a ...

But aside from being cold, white specks of ice that fall from the sky, what really is snow, and how does it form? At the most basic level, snow is a collection of snowflakes, which is a collection ...

But how does snow form? Snow is formed high in the clouds from water vapor, which is water in gas form. When a cloud is cold enough, water vapor freezes to form ice crystals, according to Kids ...