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You make snow at the top of a mountain. i'm here at the snow factory now, where the man—made snow is produced. mikey, you're head of engineering here at cairngorm mountain, so you're very much in charge of running this machine and producing the snow. talk me through, how does it work? it's an ammonia plant, pretty similar to some fridges and freezers. this cools an ice—maker. the ice—maker has water sprayed in a thin layer on the inside, which is then peeled off with a reamer and falls to a lower part where it's blown out through the pipe onto the slope. that's how it all works. shall we...

Of a mountain. i'm here at the snow factory now, where the man—made snow is produced. mikey, you're head of engineering here at cairngorm mountain, so you're very much in charge of running this machine and producing the snow. talk me through, how does it work? it's an ammonia plant, pretty similar to some fridges and freezers. this cools an ice—maker. the ice—maker has water sprayed in a thin layer on the inside, which is then peeled off with a reamer and falls to a lower part where it's blown out through the pipe onto the slope. that's how it all works. shall we take a look at what it's...

Midwest, plain states were dumped a whole lot of snow. areas getting well up over a foot from iowa to north dakota, fairly widespread. so a whole lot of snow before it's now turned into what i'm most concerned about is ice. this is a future forecast and show it as we run through the day today getting into monday eventually lifting to the northeast. you might have noticed in coastal areas, and you see higher elevations, some of the mountains, and for the time being this continues to be a real ice maker. there's been areas in atlanta and stretching 85 getting toward charlotte and areas dropping ...

Thank you so much, jim, for explaining how snow production and all your adaptations are so vital to the industry here. i'm going to head now and find out a little bit more aboutjust how you make snow at the top of a mountain. i'm here at the snow factory now, where the man—made snow is produced. mikey, you're head of engineering here at cairngorm mountain, so you're very much in charge of running this machine and producing the snow. talk me through, how does it work? it's an ammonia plant, pretty similar to some fridges and freezers. this cools an ice—maker. the ice—maker has water spray...

More than 100 million americans from new mexico to vermont are under a winter storm warning tonight, a massive snow and ice maker takes aim at a huge swath of the midwest and northeast the very latest forecast. >> you're absolutely right, a slow-moving winter storm means we are talking snow and ice in the forecast through the start of the weekend across nearly 20 states. look at the radar right now where we do have that wintry weather from dallas up through st. louis and slowly started to move into the northeast. things are going to continue to get going as we go through the night tonight and ...