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An avalanche (also called a snowslide or snowslip) is a rapid flow of snow down a sloping surface. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack (slab avalanche) when the forces on the snow exceed its strength but sometimes only with gradually widening (loose snow avalanche).
Snow also affects the ways animals behave; many take advantage of the insulating properties of snow by burrowing in it. Mice and voles typically live under the snow layer. Some annual plants never survive the winter. Other annual plants require winter cold to complete their life cycle; this is known as vernalization.
A ground blizzard is a weather condition where snow that has already fallen is being blown by wind. Blizzards can have an immense size and usually stretch to hundreds or thousands of kilometres. Blizzard at the Tochal Skiing resort, Tehran and affected skiers. A late night heavy blizzard in Ontario, Canada.
When lake-effect snow hits regions of the Great Lakes during late fall and winter, you start to hear meteorologists use terms like "feet of snow," "whiteout conditions," "blizzard" and "travel ...
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Snowflakes, and snow in general, are actually able to make the world around them quiet too. The science of silent snowflakes: The most common type of snowflake, called a dendrite, has six "arms ...
Snow accumulation on ground and in tree branches in Germany Snow blowing across a highway in Canada Spring snow on a mountain in France. Classifications of snow describe and categorize the attributes of snow-generating weather events, including the individual crystals both in the air and on the ground, and the deposited snow pack as it changes over time.
Boston has taken in 5.2 inches of snow thus far in the 2022-23 winter season, including some snowfall last weekend, whereas the city is usually well over a foot of accumulation this far into January.