COLUMN CRYSTALS

C1

C2

PLANE CRYSTALS

C3

C4

P1

P2

P3

P4

P5

P6

COMBINATION OF COLUMN & PLANE CRYSTALS

CP1

CP2

CP3

CP4

CP5

RIMED SNOW CRYSTALS

R1

R2

R3

IRREGULAR PARTICLES

I1

I2

I3

CP6

CP7

CP8

CP9

A1

OTHER SOLID PRECIPITATION

H2

H3

H4

A2

A3

GERM OF ICE CRYSTALS

Classifications & shapes

H1

P8

AGGREGATION

SNOWFLAKES
R4

P7

G1

KEY

G2

G3

G4

Snowflakes can occur in a huge variety of shapes. This chart

shows the general and intermediate levels of classification for
these shapes; they can also be divided further into elementary
levels, which are not shown here.

Shape

GENERAL

CODE

CATEGORIES

INTERMEDIATE

39

CATEGORIES

ELEMENTARY

121

CATEGORIES

C1 Needle-type crystal

P2 Sector-type crystal

P7 Radiating assemblage of plane-type

CP4 Crossed plate-type crystal

CP9 Seagull-type crystal

R2 Densely rimed crystal

G3 Polyhedral ice-type crystal

H1 Frozen hydrometeor particle

C2 Sheath-type crystal

P3 Dendrite-type crystal

P8 Asymmetrical plane-type crystal

CP5 Irregular combo: column/plane-type

A1 Aggregation of column-type crystals

R3 Graupel-like snow

G4 Polycrystalline-type ice crystal

H2 Sleet particle

C3 Column-type crystal

P4 Composite plane-type crystal

CP1 Column with plane-type crystals

CP6 Skeletal-type crystal

A2 Aggregation of plane-type crystals

R4 Graupel

I1 Ice particle

H3 Ice particle

C4 Bullet-type crystal

P5 Separated & multiple dendrite-type crystal

CP2 Combination: bullets & plane-type

CP7 Gohei twin-type crystal

A3 Aggregation of column & plane-type

G1 Column-type ice crystal

I2 Rimed snow particle

H4 Hailstone

P1 Plate-type crystal

P6 Spatial assemblage of plane-type crystal

CP3 Plane crystals with column-type

CP8 Spearhead-type crystal

R1 Rimed crystal

G2 Plane-type ice crystal

I3 Broken snow particle

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