Snow! Snow! Snow!

We have been wondering when it is going to stop snowing. We haven't seen this much snow in years. Since we have so much I thought it would be nice to know a little bit more about snow.

Interesting Snow Facts

• Guess what, it can get cold enough that it doesn't snow! Because snow is frozen water, if there are not enough water droplets in the air it can't snow.

• You probably know that it snows when water is lifted into the sky from rivers, lakes, and oceans as water vapor. You can not see water vapor but it is there. There is enough in the air to cover the earth with 3 feet of water. The warmer the air the more water vapor there is.

• You can make your own cloud by breathing in cold weather. Or, try breathing on a mirror; there will be a clear gray cloud on it!

• For it to snow the tops of the clouds must be below 0 degrees Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Snow can come from any cloud that is layered.

• Sometimes the snow can be feet deep in one place while it is bare in another because the wind has blown all the snow off that spot.

• As snow falls snowflakes connect to make bigger snowflakes.

• Snow at the North and South Pole reflect heat into space!! That happens because the ice acts like a mirror with the heat of the sun, and the heat bounces off the ice and into space.

Places I would rather be instead of here with all the beautiful snow.


Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii







Chippewa Flowage in Hayward, WI