- Snow melts at the melting level as it falls, looking like Virga
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- Melting level. This looks like Virga but the diffuse, woolly texture shows it is snow falling from a convective snow shower. The blunt end to the whiteness is where the snow melts passing through the melting level (which would be lower than the freezing level) becoming invisible rain. It is not uniform because downdrafts vary the temperature along that level.
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