White Christmas thanks to the Fog!?
We woke up to a beautiful little dusting of snow! It seemed to come from the fog, and indeed, there is an explanation for that courtsey Ensembleator on Twitter!
Tiny little snowflakes falling and sticking for Christmas!!! 🙂 (#fogflakes ?) @ECCCWeatherBC @CTVNewsAstrid pic.twitter.com/J1l4CKVBej
— Alberni Weather (@alberniweather) December 25, 2016
yes. Rimed ice crystals forming in saturated below 0C air near the surface and gravitationally falling-out
— Chris Doyle (@ensembleator) December 25, 2016
It’s a good thing I ate a cinnamon bun before trying to understand this! lol! Merry White Christmas @ensembleator ! https://t.co/71ZXf8Lx1Z
— Alberni Weather (@alberniweather) December 25, 2016
MERRY WHITE CHRISTMAS! 🙂
And yes, it is potentially going to snow a whole bunch more starting late tonight and lasting tomorrow! Careful on the Boxing zday shopping rush!