Snow
Snow is more likely in higher places because it falls when
the air temperature is below freezing.
Snow
forms when water freezes in a cloud and turns into snowflakes as they fall
through the cloud. There have been billions of snowflakes, but there has
never been two identical ones. The shape of snowflakes depends on the
temperature and height they were formed.
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