snow_intensive=400; 
	snow_speed=15000; 
	snow_timeout=1000;
	snow_src=new Array('img/sneg1.gif','img/sneg2.gif','img/sneg3.gif','img/sneg4.png'); 
	var snow_active = false; 
	var clear_int_id = -1;
 
	function snow_start(elemid) { 
			snow_active = true;
			snow_id=1; 
			snow_y=$(elemid).height()-30; 
			setInterval(function() { 
				snow_x=Math.random()*document.body.offsetWidth-100; 
				snow_img=(snow_src instanceof Array ? snow_src[Math.floor(Math.random()*snow_src.length)] : snow_src); 
				snow_elem='<img class="png" snow="1" id="snow'+snow_id+'" style="position:absolute; display:none; left:'+snow_x+'px; top:0;z-index:10000" src="'+snow_img+'"/>'; 
				$(elemid).append(snow_elem); 
				snow_move(snow_id); 
				snow_id++; 
			},snow_intensive);
	} 
 
	function snow_move(id) { 
		setTimeout(function(){$('#snow'+id).show();}, 1000);
		$('#snow'+id).animate({top:snow_y,left:"+="+Math.random()*100},snow_speed,function() { 
	        	$(this).empty().remove(); 
	        });
        }