Ask a Climatologist: Snowflake sweet spot

Snow piles up Jan. 23 at Alaska Public Media in Anchorage. (Photo by Annie Feidt/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
The ingredients for picture perfect snowflakes came together in Southcentral Alaska this past weekend. Climatologist Brian Brettschneider says the snowflakes that fell in were especially large and piled up quickly.
“There’s a couple ways you can get big snowflakes,” said Brettschneider. “You can have really wet snow where the flakes clump together, and when th