The surrounding air affects how snowflakes develop. In drier air, growth is slow and produces simple, compact or column-like designs that create dry, powdery snow. Humid air accelerates snowflake ...

Cold air allows precipitation to freeze instead of melt, helping snow form, stick and accumulate as winter storms move through the region.

Adam Sherwinski teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about different types of snow. Snow comes in many different forms, and each type is created by unique weather conditions. Snowflakes are ice ...

CLEVELAND — You might think that snow can only fall when it's freezing outside, but it turns out snow can still happen even when temperatures are above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's how this ...

Lake-effect snow explained Lake-effect snow has a tendency to dump massive amounts of snow in a very short period of time. How does it form? Why is it hard to forecast?

MADISON, Wis. - Typically, the Madison area picks up nearly 14" of snow during a normal January. However, January 2025's total snow accumulation is just over a half an inch. The reason is likely due ...

One of the tools meteorologists use to determine how fluffy or wet snow is, is a snow-to-liquid ratio. That means how many inches of snow does it take to get 1 inch of liquid -- i.e., if it were all ...

Winter Storm Fern aftermath continues as the East Coast braces for a bomb cyclone and polar vortex, with heavy snow and ...