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As snow or any form of frozen water heats up the mulecules absorbe the heat as internal kinetic energy. This causes the molecules, which are locked in place by attractions to other molecules while 'cold' enough, to move faster and faster until they can break free from their positions in the solid. With enough energy absorbed all the molecules are free to move out of the position in the solid and flow around each other. There are still attractive forces which keep the molecules close together in liquid form. This is what we call melting.

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Snow melts because the temperature increases. Snow needs cool weather to maintain its shape and form because it is made out of frozen water.

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