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| Snow is a particularly pretty form of precipitation. Snow crystals, basically frozen water molecules, are six-sided ice crystals that form when the air temperature is below the freezing point for water: 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or zero degrees Celsius. A snowflake is a bundle of several snow crystals. A snowstorm can also include periods of sleet or freezing rain if the air temperature varies. Snowstorm intensity can range from flurries to blizzards. |
| As with rain showers, snow showers can be tracked and forecasted using RADAR images, although snowflakes don't reflect RADAR waves quite as well as raindrops. Reflectivity images show the location of a snowstorm and its intensity. |
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