As each year's snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice.

由于每年的雪花积累在表面之上，蒸发和融化使得雪花慢慢失去其羽状尖端而变成微小的冰粒。

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In many areas, where snow has continued falling for several days, the accumulation has been described as the heaviest in as many as five decades.

在许多地区，大雪已连续下了很多天，积雪被称为五十年来最严重的一次。

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And though, biggest part is not only visibility, but the snow accumulation is just.

而且，最大的问题不仅是可见度，而且还有积雪问题。

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Koenig hopes more radar data will help shed light on Greenland's snow accumulation.

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"(Many of) the big cities aren't seeing snow accumulation, they're seeing very heavy rain with the wind, " she said.

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By late Monday, 15 inches of snow had fallen in Woodward, the most snow accumulation since 1971, the National Weather Service said.

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