All of the different types of wax are organized by temperature, and for a reason. Temperature doesn't just affect whether the snow is "wet" or "dry," but how the snow forms on a structural level.

This system is broken down into mostly eight principal snow crystal types: stellar dendrites, sectored plates, rimed crystals, hollow columns, needles, spatial dendrites, capped columns and ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Snowflakes are frozen water crystals that can never be an exact replica of another. However, snowflakes can be classified into these broader types: dendrites, plates, columns ...

Yes, that is a snowflake, or, more accurately a snow crystal the more technical name for snowflakes. There are roughly 35 different types. This type of snow crystal is known as a hollow column.

A physicist's obsession with unusual snow crystals has led him to pursue a grand unified theory of how they form.

How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen ice crystals from clouds to the ground Story by Alexandria Johnson, Purdue University • 13h ...

At temperatures below ?22 °C (?8 °F), the crystal development becomes column-like, although many more complex growth patterns also form such as side-planes, bullet-rosettes and also planar types ...

In reality, most snow crystals are irregular, he writes. Why spend all this time classifying snowflakes? As Libbrecht explains, this is really the study of how crystals form.

One of the things that really complicates snow forecasting is that the type of snowflake greatly affects how the snow accumulates. Last weekend, a small part of southeastern North Dakota had a ...

Just like snowflakes are unique, so are snowstorms. Meteorologist Tawana Andrew explains how snow-to-liquid ratios impact snow totals in this week's Science Behind the Forecast.