sugar snow is cool. no, i mean it. its scientific name is graupel (there’s one for the scrabble board when you have an a,u and e that you don’t quite how to use). it’s formed when snow falls through a supercooled layer of water. the water gloms onto the snowflake but the conditions are just right that the water instantaneously crystalizes.
Excellent analogy
Beautiful picture!
I have fallen in love with your 3-liners 🙂
Thank you Indria
I’m smiling at the one green blade in the midst of the snow.
and naturally you would notice it! 🙂
okay, not to get all nerdy here, but…
sugar snow is cool. no, i mean it. its scientific name is graupel (there’s one for the scrabble board when you have an a,u and e that you don’t quite how to use). it’s formed when snow falls through a supercooled layer of water. the water gloms onto the snowflake but the conditions are just right that the water instantaneously crystalizes.
exiting nerdiness.
Not nerdy! SO cool!! Thanks for sharing. And I always love a new word!! Graupel is a great one! Thanks!
ah, the finer points of meteorology. i wanted to be a meteorologist when i grew up. became a mathematician instead.
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This must be what the fairies eat in winter!
🙂
Perfect!
Perfect description!
Lol… this is your answer to my question about snow!
Love it! A keeper. (The comments are fun too.)
Beautifully caught.