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drmushroom
drmushroom asked in Science & MathematicsWeather · 1 decade ago

What is a snow flake before it is a snow flake ?

Update:

I know it is H2O,,but in what form,frozen rain is sleet,,,rain drops are to dense and to heavy to be one snow flake...could it be frozen H2O gas ??

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    A snow flake is simply a phase change of water, due to cooler temperatures. As the temperatures drop water cools, and freezes. Through the collision of water droplets and other snow flakes as it falls within a cloud, the snow flake will grow in size until the updrafts can no longer support the weight, and it falls to the surface.

    Source(s): Major degree in Atmospheric Science
  • bla bla bla
    1 decade ago

    Condensation (The clouds) ----> Rain+ Freezing temperature as it passes through the atmosphere -----> SNOW!

  • Incipient_planck
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Moisture that evolves from a liquid to a frozen state...

    Source(s): Meteorologist Mike Scott
  • Mike C
    1 decade ago

    a rain drop

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  • Marton
    1 decade ago

    Bird's droppings

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    toilet water for the east coast snowflakes. Aquafina for the west coast

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    water

    Source(s): winter
  • rachfig93
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    water

  • =)
    1 decade ago

    water.

    Source(s): common sense
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