where does snow come from?

Question

where does it come from?

Answer 1

Snow does not start out as what we see fall from the sky. In fact, it is in fact precipitation of ice in a flake or cluster form. The term snow is often used for both the white materials falling out of the sky and that on the ground. However these two forms are completely different. When falling from the sky, it is in the form of crystalline ice. Ice crystallizes in six-sided objects. This can be seen under magnification. After reaching the ground, snow loses it's crystalline shape and becomes granular. Therefore, falling snow and snow on the ground should be considered two different objects because of how they differ. Snow, however, is a great insulator, it protects the vegetation from the cold, even in subarctic temperatures. The downfall however is that large accumulations of snow often cause problems with transportation.

Answer 2

Water freezes in the upper atmosphere and falls as snow when the temp is colder than zero at surface it stays solid and falls down as snow or ice. In warmer climate regions they get rain.

Answer 3

rain. well i should say rain comes from snow. see when it rains it acutualy snows. i'll explain it's alot colder in the clouds then at ground level. so before rain starts to form it snows. and as the snow falls depending on the heat of the climet it melts and turns into rain or it stays as snow.

Answer 4

As the Sun heats the water on lakes, oceans, and ponds, it changes from liquid to vapor, and floats up into the sky. This is called evaporation. When it cools down, it changes from vapor into tiny water droplets. This is called condensation. Clouds are made up of millions of water droplets that have condensed from water vapor. Air currents and wind keep the droplets of water in the sky. As the droplets bump into each other, they join together. This makes them larger and heavier. When they get heavy enough, they fall to the ground as rain.

Snow is different. In cold places, the water vapor freezes into crystals. When many of these little crystals gather together, they become heavy enough to fall as snow.

Answer 5

the golden triangle....but only the CIA has got it. The other stuff comes from clouds up there in the sky, then when the cold and warm currents collide quickly water vapour freezes into amazing patterned snow flakes. beautifull.

Answer 6

Snow falls from the sky. It is a form of precipitation (like rain) that is in the form of crystallized ice

Answer 7

When water vapor (clouds) freeze before they condense into liquid water it produces snow which is crystalized water.

Answer 8

Northern Canada, LoL!!

Answer 9

It is nothing but frozen moisture/water vapor in the atmosphere.

Answer 10

the sky,the clouds it is just dryed up rain basically didnt you go to the 2nd grade?