Snow Day: How Do They Form?

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It’s a snow day!!

You gaze into the bright sky, and see the tiny little snowflakes falling. You try to catch them in your mouth. Wait, how do snowflakes form, why do they look the way they do, and how are they all different? Lets learn about snowflakes!

To start off, snowflakes are fascinating and all, but how do they form? According to the article, Snow Day!, it can begin snowing at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It being 32 degrees Fahrenheit the wonderful snowflakes will be enormous and stick to the ground. If the air temperature is 15 degrees or below the air could be too thin to snow. Now you know how snowflakes form, lets hope for a snow day! Coming up, why are all snowflakes six sided? According to the article "Fake Flakes " most snowflakes

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