Snow grains

Snow grains

Snow grains are a form of precipitation characterized as:
*white, opaque grains of ice
*very small <1 mm,
*fairly flat or enlongated,
*unlike Snow pellets they don't bounce or breakup on impact,
*very small amounts fall, mostly from Stratus or Fog,
*Never in the form of a shower.

The METAR code for snow grains is SG.


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