(WHTM) — Christmas is just a week away, everyone will be waiting to see if we will have a white or a wet Christmas. But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes… ...

Snowflakes form when water vapor travels through the air and condenses on a particle. This begins to form a slowly growing ice crystal--a snowflake! There are two basic ways that the vapor can ...

To explain why snowflakes look the way they do, we first need to understand how they form.

To explain why snowflakes look the way they do, we first need to understand how they form.

But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes never look alike? Watch for us in your inbox.

But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes never look alike?

How do they form? In short, snowflakes form when water vapor travels through the air and condenses on a particle. This begins to form a slowly growing ice crystal (a snowflake!).

How do they form? In short, snowflakes form when water vapor travels through the air and condenses on a particle. This begins to form a slowly growing ice crystal (a snowflake!).

We finally saw our first real snowfall across western Massachusetts which raises the question of how does a snowflake form?

There are 35 different shapes of snowflakes but no two are identical. Here's how snowflakes form and what causes them to take their unique shape.

Those ice crystals reflect the internal order of their water molecules, which arrange themselves in predetermined spaces to form the six-sided snowflake. This process is called crystallization.