Snow clumps falling?

I saw pretty unbelievably large clumps in new york one time... baseball sized. 3 inches... maybe one or two at 4 inches. I thought it was pretty awesome looking. Conditions were ideal... temps right at about freezing and calm surface winds. Not quite frisbees though, that would be crazy.

We call this "Monkey Snot" back in Scotland. Its an official term just like the eskimos have a bazillion words to describe snow us Scots call the big wet flakes Monkey Snot. This term also amuses my young boys so its going to stick around.

More large snowflake clusters on Monday, Feb 6. A good explanation on Scott Sistek's blog:

komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog...rnoon-around-seattle

Cool that one is even easier to understand, plus the actual footage. It does look like snot in the vid. With a slight updraft they can get flying saucer like which is more appealing. That happened briefly in the event I saw. I imagine that is what must have occurred for someone to liken them to frisbees tho it must take a delicate balance of conditions for larger ones.