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Old March 4th 05, 10:13 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Alastair McDonald Alastair McDonald is offline
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Default Snowflakes?


"Taz" me@home wrote in message ...
Looks like everyone avoided the original question. Why are snowflakes
created when they should just form a pellet?


It is the shape of the H2O molecule which decides the shape of the crystal.
It is
like a boomerang, with a 120deg bend. Thus the crystals are flat and six
sided.

HTH,

Cheers, Alastair.