Editing Snow (section)

====Low-pressure areas====
{{Main|Extratropical cyclone}}
[[File:Feb242007 blizzard.gif|thumb|right|Extratropical cyclonic snowstorm, February 24, 2007—(Click for animation.)]]

[[Extratropical cyclone|Mid-latitude cyclones]] are [[low-pressure area]]s which are capable of producing anything from cloudiness and mild [[Winter storm#Snow|snow storms]] to heavy [[blizzard]]s.<ref name="ExtraLessonMillUni">{{cite web| title = ESCI 241&nbsp;– Meteorology; Lesson 16&nbsp;– Extratropical Cyclones | author = DeCaria| publisher = Department of Earth Sciences, [[Millersville University]]| date = December 7, 2005| url = http://www.atmos.millersville.edu/~adecaria/ESCI241/esci241_lesson16_cyclones.html | access-date = June 21, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208224320/http://www.atmos.millersville.edu/~adecaria/ESCI241/esci241_lesson16_cyclones.html |archive-date = February 8, 2008}}</ref>  During a hemisphere's [[autumn|fall]], winter, and spring, the atmosphere over continents can be cold enough through the depth of the [[troposphere]] to cause snowfall. In the Northern Hemisphere, the northern side of the low-pressure area produces the most snow.<ref>
{{cite journal
 |last        = Tolme
 |first       = Paul
 |title       = Weather 101: How to track and bag the big storms
 |journal     = Ski Magazine
 |volume      = 69
 |issue       = 4
 |page       = 126
 |date        = December 2004
 |url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=t1DaXO7wF20C&pg=PA126
 |issn        = 0037-6159
 }}</ref> For the southern [[mid-latitudes]], the side of a [[cyclone]] that produces the most snow is the southern side.