These little round bits formed when the weather was on the edge of freezing and the air was turbulent. As the snowflakes fell, they got knocked around, broke apart, and then bumped into each other. Tiny pieces stuck together into soft pellets instead of forming pretty crystal shapes.

Because today's snow squall was so short, the pellets didn’t have time to pile up or melt into a smooth layer. They just landed as scattered grains — a quick, messy version of a fast‑moving winter moment.

In other words:
This is what snow looks like when the atmosphere is chaotic and the temperature is barely cold enough to keep it frozen.

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In the news:
Today was the first day that the local weather service put out an official "Squall Warning". Big warning for such a tiny event.