SNOW ROLLERS RETURN!January 16th, 2014 at 10:54 pm by Kevin Orpurt under Kevin Orpurt's Blog, Weather, WTHI Blog
A rare weather event occurred Thursday afternoon in Edgar County, Illinois near Twin Lakes. Called, “Snow Rollers”, these cotton-candy like rolls of snow are formed under the most ideal conditions. Here are the things that need to happen. 1.) They must occur on ice or hard-packed snow. 2.) The snow must be loose and near the freezing point. 3.) There must be a breezy, but it cannot be too windy.
The wind rolls the loose snow over the hard surface and into a roll of snow! This occurs very rarely, especially around here. The last time it happened was on February 12, 2003. Here is a picture. Enjoy the beauty of nature!