Wacky Weather: Snow Rollers

In light of recent events in Vermont, I thought that I would bring to your attention, mother nature's way of making snowballs. The meteorological term is Snow Rollers, and this rare weather phenomenon is quite cool!

Snow rollers have a pretty specific recipe which is why they are so rare. It occurs when wet snow falls on hard ice covered snow or an icy surface, which means that it doesn't really stick. Then you have high winds, in Vermont's case they had wind gust of 50 miles per hour. The snow is then pushed along by this strong wind and literally rolls along until the wind isn't strong enough to push it anymore. And that is how you get Snow Rollers!

Pretty cool in my book! Hope you enjoy your Wednesday!


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