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In a popular 1940 article on the subject, Whorf referred to Eskimo languages having several words for snow: We [English speakers] have the same word for falling snow, snow on the ground, snow hard packed like ice, slushy snow, wind-driven snow – whatever the situation may be. To an Eskimo, this all-inclusive word would be almost unthinkable....
There is a long history of northern and alpine cultures describing snow in their different languages, including Inupiat, Russian and Finnish. [1] However, the lore about the multiplicity of Eskimo words for snow originates from controversial scholarship on a topic that is difficult to define, because of the structures of the languages involved. [2]
Crystals that exhibit frozen droplets on their surfaces are often referred to as rimed. When this process continues so that the shape of the original snow crystal is no longer identifiable and has become ball-like, the resulting crystal is referred to as graupel. [4] As graupel falls, it often deforms into a conical shape.
If we can’t have snow, we might as well learn what all that other frozen precipitation is. What’s the difference between sleet and freezing rain? Winter weather terms explained
A weather front is the boundary of two air masses with different characteristics. Frontal precipitation is the result of frontal systems surrounding extratropical cyclones or lows, which form when warm and tropical air meets cooler, subpolar air. Frontal precipitation typically falls out from nimbostratus clouds. [5]
Hoar frost may have different names depending on where it forms: Air hoar is a deposit of hoar frost on objects above the surface, such as tree branches, plant stems, and wires. Surface hoar refers to fern-like ice crystals directly deposited on snow, ice, or already frozen surfaces.
Frozen precipitation particles, related to snow crystals Subclass Shape Physical process Graupel: Heavily rimed particles, spherical, conical, hexagonal or irregular in shape Heavy riming of particles by accretion of supercooled water droplets Hail: Laminar internal structure, translucent or milky glazed surface
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