Wintry Weather

This winter has thus far been fairly toothless. Some snow here and there, some cold nights, but generally a mild winter overall. Yesterday, however, we had a semi-rare ice storm. It started with sleet, turned to freezing raing and eventually ended up putting about a 1/4 to 3/8" layer of ice on everything. I always look forward to ice storms (as long as they aren't too bad) because of the breathtaking beauty that they leave behind. Here are a couple of my favorite ice storm pictures (both taken this winter).

The one on the left was taken December 16th. The rain had come down pretty hard during the night, and the morning had been cloudy and cold, but the sun suddenly popped out at around 11:oo, the wind picked up and the temperature shot up quickly. Most of the ice was gone within 15 minutes of this picture.

The second picture was taken today, and shows the amount of ice accretion on everything this morning. I'm not a great photographer, and don't usually take close-ups, but this one I kind of liked. I've always found it interesting how some photographs grab your attention that may not strike anyone else as interesting.

Speaking of weather, if you ever want to know what the weather is like at my house - below is the link to my weather page. It includes all of the data that is uploaded every 10 minutes from my Davis Vantage Pro weather station. I've had it in continuous use since 2002, with the exception of a month this past summer when I had to send it back to Davis to repair damage caused by a lightning strike.

I've always been a bit of a weather nut, and enjoy taking pictures of various weather, especially during the winter. There are a few more pictures linked from my weather page as well.



Here is the link to my weather page:
Maysville Weather