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General Weather/Earth Sciences Topics => Other Weather Topics => Topic started by: Studio Dewolf on February 10, 2021, 01:00:10 PM
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What is snow roller? A kind of snowball. Is it man-made? Or by nature? Rare weather phenomenon.
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Not rare at all up here (Canada). We call them 'snow cookies'. They form on slopes when some snow falls off a tree and starts to roll. Just like kids make a snowman. I've seen them to over a meter high!
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Not rare at all up here (Canada). We call them 'snow cookies'. They form on slopes when some snow falls off a tree and starts to roll. Just like kids make a snowman. I've seen them to over a meter high!
Cool :grin: Have you the photos?
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Not rare at all up here (Canada). We call them 'snow cookies'. They form on slopes when some snow falls off a tree and starts to roll. Just like kids make a snowman. I've seen them to over a meter high!
Cool :grin: Have you the photos?
I will look. BTW, you do NOT want to hit one when you are downhill skiing. They are hard ("Death Cookies")
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I will try and dig up a picture. A few years back there were hundreds of thousands in the fields around my town one afternoon when I came from work. Weather network has an informational video about them. Exact certain conditions and a sudden strong wind makes them roll up in the open fields. Most in the 6 inch dia range.....many a foot or so.
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/snow-roller-explainer The picture at the top has the kind of ones we see on ski slopes.