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Xsnow is a software application that creates the appearance of snow falling on the elements of the graphical user interface of a computer system. Xsnow was originally created as a virtual greeting card for Macintosh systems in 1984.
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The text of the poem reflects the thoughts of a lone wagon driver (the narrator), on the night of the winter solstice, "the darkest evening of the year", pausing at dusk in his travel to watch snow falling in the woods. It ends with him reminding himself that, despite the loveliness of the view, "I have promises to keep, / And miles to go ...
Last year, just 17.6% of the Lower 48 experienced a white Christmas. This was the lowest percentage since records began in 2003.Outside of the West's higher elevations, there was an area of snow ...
Snowflakes, and snow in general, are actually able to make the world around them quiet too. The science of silent snowflakes: The most common type of snowflake, called a dendrite, has six "arms ...
A fourth storm brought a record-breaking 9 inches (23 cm) of snow to Del Rio, Texas and threatened Little Rock, Arkansas's snowfall record with 11.8 inches (30 cm) falling there. It brought Little Rock's snow cover up to 15 inches (38 cm), breaking the all-time record there. Up to 14 inches (36 cm) fell to the south of the city. [122]
AIN SEFRA, Algeria – For the second time in two years, a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, creating a rare and unexpected sight. On New Year's Day, Algerian ...
At 9.8 in (25 cm) of snow, Boston had their third least snowy winter on record. [116] However, the Quad Cities region experienced their heaviest one week snow totals, with a total of 25.5 in (65 cm) of snow falling in Moline, Illinois and 24.7 in (63 cm) falling in Dubuque, Iowa between January 9 and January 13. [117]