(WHTM) — Christmas is just a week away, everyone will be waiting to see if we will have a white or a wet Christmas. But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes… ...

Those ice crystals reflect the internal order of their water molecules, which arrange themselves in predetermined spaces to form the six-sided snowflake. This process is called crystallization.

Snowflakes form when water vapor travels through the air and condenses on a particle. This begins to form a slowly growing ice crystal--a snowflake! There are two basic ways that the vapor can ...

A snowflake begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky. This creates an ice crystal.

But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes never look alike?

To explain why snowflakes look the way they do, we first need to understand how they form.

To explain why snowflakes look the way they do, we first need to understand how they form.

Jason wants to know how snowflakes form. Snow consists of clear or cloudy ice particles in the form of individual crystals, small pellets or flakes. Flakes are caused by the gathering together of ...

We finally saw our first real snowfall across western Massachusetts which raises the question of how does a snowflake form?

There are 35 different shapes of snowflakes but no two are identical. Here's how snowflakes form and what causes them to take their unique shape.

Those ice crystals reflect the internal order of their water molecules, which arrange themselves in predetermined spaces to form the six-sided snowflake. This process is called crystallization.