Sunday Evening: Snow Report

[gerisullivan]

It's well below freezing. So how come teeny crystals of ice are falling from the sky rather than snow? The stuff is the barest step below freezing rain. Tiny, crystal-clear diamond sparkles mixed in with the smallest flakes of white. Or should I saw the flakes are mixed in with the sparkles? 'Cause it's mostly sparkles out there.

Yep, I moved here all right. Then again, Oregon had a volcano spewing ash the very same year I moved east.

Holiday musings to follow.

Comments

[dinogrl.livejournal.com]

Brrrr! I don't miss those fun snow times. If I want snow, by gummies, I'll go to the snow deliberately. I hope it won't come to me. I have lived through Montana winters, and Seattle teflon snow. No more!
Oregon had a volcano spew? I only know of Mount St. Helen, which is in Washington. Unfortunately, eastern Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana got most of the ash. I have a very strange story about that time, as I was teaching in northeastern Montana at the time.

Bundle up, and stay warm! Take care! Take your vitamins, and the upside, drink hot cocoa!!!

[erikvolson.livejournal.com]

So how come teeny crystals of ice are falling from the sky rather than snow

Warm air above the surface -- it's misting, not snowing, then it hits the cold air advecting in from the north, and freezes. As the upper air layers cool, it'll transition to snow.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That even makes sense.

It's all cold now. Cold and windy. Noisy enough on the wind front that I hear it over the stereo.

Yep. Winter.