In Windsor, Colorado, people woke up to seeing dozens of snowballs scattered all over their yards.
Wind-blown snowballs in Windsor, Colorado. Courtesy, Jenny Woytassek
Mother Nature has really outdone herself this time! Just like you would roll snow together to form a snowball, wind can blow “snowballs” together and create what are called snow rollers. Snow rollers can look like tennis balls or similar to the inside of a rolled up beach towel.
What the?! Not man-made, a weather anomaly known as a “snow roller”. Only seen ’em once in my life @DenverChannelpic.twitter.com/HPjwhiXju8
— Major King (@MajorDenver7) November 11, 2015
For more pictures of what snow rollers might look like, check out the Weather Channel article and scroll through the pictures of snow rollers from other storms.