Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

Life in Canada: Snowfall melting before hitting ground

14 Dec 2019 · 1 min

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In this short vlog, the creator records a snowfall observed from their backyard in Canada. The temperature is around +1 °C, so the snow falls as flakes but instantly melts into water droplets upon contacting the ground, leaving no accumulation. The narrator notes the silent, gentle nature of the precipitation and points out that a similar “melting‑on‑contact” snowfall occurs in parts of India such as Shimla and the Kullu‑Manali region. The video is addressed to a viewer named Hunter Singh and serves as a visual illustration of this unusual winter phenomenon.

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I promised to show you different kinds of snow in winter. This is another kind of snowfall. Can you see the snowfall? It's just probably 1 degree temperature now. It's like in plus, it's not in minus. But the snow is falling from top, and it's falling from top, it is in snow, in the form of snow. But when it hits the ground, it becomes drops of water. See, it doesn't Collect anywhere. So this is the kind of snowfall India has. Sometimes in parts of India, in Shimla or Kullu-Manali, they have this kind of a snowfall. Snow falls from top, but as it hits the ground, it becomes water. It becomes like it melts before it hits the ground, so it doesn't collect. This is very interesting. Hunter Singh, think so? It's all from my backyard. Actually, I cannot step out in the snow to show you, so enjoy this from my backyard. The snowfall, but it's silent. Doesn't make no noise. It's just a silent snowfall. It's very pretty. It is very pretty.