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Weather words: Stellar dendrite

A stellar dendrite is a snowflake with a classic star-shaped pattern, formed when ice crystals grow rapidly in cold, moist ...
Snowflakes appear in dozens of structures, from simple columns and stars to ornate dendrites and beyond. Ahead, we’ve ...
CLEVELAND — When fluffy snowflakes float to the ground during winter weather, they carry with them a story that starts high in the sky. The birth of snowflakes begins inside a narrow slice of air ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — We've had one busy winter compared to the last few years of no snow! Although we haven't actually hit our average for the year at 8" for Greensboro, we've still made it almost to a ...