downwind of mountain ranges by enhancing the lift needed for condensation and precipitation.

Cloud physics

A snowflake consists of roughly 10¹⁹ water molecules which are added to its core at different rates and in different patterns depending on the changing temperature and humidity within the atmosphere that the snowflake falls through on its way to the ground. As a result, snowflakes differ from each other though they follow similar patterns.

Snow crystals form when tiny

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