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How one inch of rain becomes ten inches of snow

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When you are excitedly hoping for a snow day, remember it is just rain showing off a highly inflated volume. Because frozen flakes trap massive pockets of empty air within their crystalline structures, exactly one inch of liquid water magically fluffs up into ten inches of powdery winter joy. It is the exact same amount of moisture, just packaged to cause massive traffic jams.

How one inch of rain becomes ten inches of snow
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