My island girl is enjoying her rookie year of watching falling snow. Early on, she witnessed graupel (pellet) snow plinking down all around us. She has also seen her share of fine snow sifting straight down and fine snow propelled at sharp angles by the wind.
Yesterday,
she finally witnessed a storm delivering giant, fluffy snowflakes. Big snow wafted down for the better part of
an hour. Naturally, she pranced out onto
the deck and allowed the flakes (many the size of nickels and dimes) to swirl
around her. She captured a few on her
gloves and examined them.
I must
admit, even I am impressed when big flakes fall. And remember, Montana is on the map when it
comes to this kind of snow. Guinness
World Records lists the largest snowflake in the world as having fallen in
January 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montana. The
flake measured some 15 inches wide.
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