Snow Storm Facts

2/12/2021 (Permalink)

Snow storms are a type of winter storm in which the main form of precipitation is snow. A snow storm is really just heavy snowfall. A snow storm is made when high pressure air has contact with low pressure air. The high pressure cold winds start blowing towards the low pressure areas. The low pressure air contains high moisture content. Clouds are formed as the hot humid air moves up, replaced by the cold air below. Then finally when precipitation occurs, the water droplets coming down freeze due to low temperatures in a region and what we get is a snow storm! If the temperature falls very much below the freezing point, an ice storm occurs. Ice storms cause multiple deaths in many countries around the world. Ice storms can take out power, glass and more.