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9 years 2 weeks ago #228590 by RonL
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Waiting for the bus this morning watching half dollar size clumps of flakes fall on bainbridge. About 33 degrees. Is there a term for these things? What storm conditions cause them?

Looking thru some snow science papers on my phone while riding the ferry but they are a so far over my head.

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9 years 2 weeks ago #228594 by Charlie Hagedorn
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Large agglomerations of flakes are generally associated with the warmest temperatures. I've only ever seen that happen right at the freezing point, often with a transition in weather.

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9 years 2 weeks ago #228595 by Amar Andalkar
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Snowflakes as Big as Frisbees?
www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20snow.html

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9 years 2 weeks ago #228596 by Charlie Hagedorn
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Libbrecht's website, www.snowcrystals.com/ , and coffee table books are just generally cool, too.

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9 years 2 weeks ago #228597 by RonL
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Awesome, a new word of the day, a more accessible article for the trip home, and the library has the book for me to put on hold.

Saw something similar at whistler early season and couldn't quite remember after that experience if it was large flakes or agglomerations so I tried to look closer at that this time.

Close to freezing and the transition from dry to precip coming back both fit the description.

Thanks guys

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9 years 1 week ago #228603 by RonL
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Well these were in the 2" range at most. Frisbees would be memorable. Anyone seen anything like that?

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