producing a thin sheet of ice that the auger scrapes and pushes through the machine as ice flakes. These flakes are then compacted and dropped into the ice bin and what you get is a soft ...

This causes ice crystals to form around tiny objects such ... That makes them bigger - as well as heavier - and now they can fall to earth as a flake. They may be tiny but there is complicated ...

hairy flakes to accumulate a fluffy inch or 2 or even more, even without the presence of any true weather system in the area. These fluffy accumulations are more air than ice and are easily swept ...

Flake Fest runs from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at the Daniel V. Capauno Ice Rink at Yukich Fields, 89th Street and Kedzie Avenue. The free winter festival starts with a “learn to skate” hockey clinic ...