Gallery: 20101130 Winter is Coming
Heavy clouds and cooler temperatures brought snow down the mountains over the past day or two.
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Snow on Cross Mountain
Lower temperatures associated with recent weather systems have resulted in snow at higher elevations. Although this was the first I noticed, there had been some other reports from last week, as well.
Gallery: 20100614 Summer Snow
It appears new snow fell on the upper elevations of Bear Mountain sometime in the past day or two and has now started to melt.
Graupel
Graupel is a type of snow that forms when snow flakes fall through parts of the atmosphere that have supercooled water droplets. Instead of maintaining the form of flat snow flakes and/or elongated snow crystals, the supercooled water condenses as a rime on the surface that results in a pellet shape. Superficially, graupel looks a … Read more
