It started snowing around 4 pm here today. Since it has been warm and rainy here for a few days, a lot of the snow is melting as soon as it hits the ground. (Click on any of the photos to view larger versions.)
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Snow on redtip shrub
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At times throughout the rest of the evening, we had heavy wet snow sticking to the trees and the local weather station was already reporting power outages in surrounding areas.
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Heavy snow falling
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By dark tonight, as the temperature dropped, it looked like we were going to have a blizzard. I took these photos (below) around 7:30 pm, the snow was still falling then and we had a little more than 3 inches already on the ground. The snow looked bluish-purple in the outdoor lights.
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Snowy woods under an outdoor light
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Snow-covered woods and gazebo tonight
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Nearing midnight now, we have about 4 inches on the ground. The temperature has actually risen a little though and the snow has turned to mostly sleet and rain here. We still have power (although it has been flickering all night), so hopefully the worst is over for our area.
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So beautiful, and I’m glad you had power. Where my daughter is there was about a foot, but they maintained power, too.
Me too Louise, I was worried when it kept flickering all night. We did lose power the following day but it was fixed in about 4 hours, so it wasn’t too bad. I hate to imagine how long it might have been off if we had a foot of snow! Glad your daughter’s power stayed on.
Those night shots are so mysterious. The color! snow is fine until it starts to turn to ice and sleet.
Christine, I loved the look of that purple glow under the lights. We have had some ice and sleet as well, lots of nasty weather lately. Hope your weather’s better.