Friday 17 April 2020

How Snow Is Formed


How Snow And Rain Is Formed

Snow is created when the water vapor in the air freezes before it can turn into water;
this usually happens when it reaches 32 degrees fahrenheit.
That means it is allowing the raindrops to form into crystals as the rain droplet comes from the cloud and gets
bigger and bigger because the vapor condensates it.  Eventually the droplet
gets so cold they freeze into a microscopic ice crystal which is known as snow.
First big dump' of snow hits the South Island, closing highways ...First snowfall of year on Hawke's Bay peaks - NZ Herald 
Light bounces off the clouds and the atmosphere particles get shattered. 
This leaves longer light wavelengths than we see causing snow to look white. Snow also helps 
cover the Earth's surface and once it melts it helps form rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Rain
is formed when  droplets of water that fall from clouds. Heat from the Sun turns moisture (water) from plants and leaves, as well as oceans, lakes, and rivers, into water vapour (gas), which disappears into the air. This vapour rises, cools, and changes into tiny water droplets, which form clouds. 
In conclusion I think that this was a very interesting thing to research.
I did not know this much about snow and how it was created.
Now I have more knowledge around this topic.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, this was an interesting thing to research, Nevey. You have explained your findings well. Maybe you could make some adjustments to make the text fit on the blog site.
    Great to see you learning@home.

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  2. Hi Nevey, it’s really good that you learnt so much about how snow is formed, from your information I learnt that longer light wavelengths make snow look white, so thank you.

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