WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Chilly beauty

(Photo by Ann Anderson)

As we edge closer to spring – 2:24 pm Monday, March 20th – an appreciation for a phenomenon of wintry weather: Feathery frost. We received these photos this week from readers who were both independently impressed by the beautiful patterns of frost on glass. KD said a discussion with a friend yielded the name “hoarfrost,” and this description would seem to verify that’s what this was.

(Photo by KD)

“I’m still amazed by the beauty of this type of frost,” she added. We might not see it again any time soon – at least for the next week ago, temperatures are expected to stay closer to seasonal norms.

1 Reply to "WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Chilly beauty"

  • Brayton March 11, 2023 (8:57 pm)

    Hoar frost is beautiful. I lived most of my life in Alaska and saw it every winter. It’s really hard to grasp what it looks like from a picture. It can coat everything, including tree branches and light poles, with little flakes of ice no bigger than your fingernail that stand perpendicular to the surface they form from. When the sun catches it the sparkles and the glow make you stop to admire.

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