30 Replies to ““New high-speed camera system reveals what snow looks like in midair””

  1. Any time now the UN will be switching to Global cooling again. This winter sucks more than the one 2 years ago. Seven months of snow with cold. Ive had it.It dosent seem it will let up either.

  2. They all look the same when they start piling up.
    Just like the flowers all look the same here in lotus land (soon to be socialist land).

  3. Kate should speak for herself. I care. Slightly. And it’s her decision to live in the shadow of a vastly superior land ie Alberta.

  4. The first thing I thought of when I saw that was a potential use for avalanche research and eventually hazard assessment. Other potential applications could come in aircraft de-icing etc. Who knows?

  5. Thanks Kate–Great photos. “No two alike” they say. Like, how many are there??

  6. For sure. Early last Oct. it was pretty but we are going into 7 months of this crap in Northern BC and the novelty has grown thin. Still white with forecasts below zero, day and night. Can’t even find any warmists to tar and feather. I think they are all in Vancouver as they would never survive up here anyway. Here we respect mother nature for her warped sense of humor. She rules. She knows the IPCC is a joke and Gore/Suzuki belong in mental institutions.

  7. “Like anybody gives a shit.”
    Now, now, Kate. Snow is part of our Heritage as Canadians.
    Our ability to handle snow is one of the things that defines us from our American cousins.
    …pussies

  8. All Canadians believing in CO2 induced global warming are hereby sentenced to shoveling this next forecast of snow, until such a time it’s all gone or they come to their senses.
    Whichever comes first.
    Looking at that weather forecast,I echo Kate’s sentiment.
    I’ve shoveled so much snow this winter, I gone snow blind… yeah, I’m beginning to think it’s really white sand I live on a tropical beach.

  9. Yeah well all the snow has melted here in the shadow of Molnarville (Woodstock On) for the second or so time since November…but the snow fence still stands and the blower is on the tractor.
    Not gonna make the mistake I made about 8-9 years back..Ides of April…snow fence down, blower off summer tires on the car….I had still had the 4X4 then…just drove out…car hadda stay in the shed for about 3 days…….
    Recall in “66…snow drifted in the lee of trees and killed 4” corn…..
    Word is thar’s somne ugly weather coming here frum the US mid-west…it left 9′ drifts in Nebraska….there might be another chorus left in winter yet…..
    Last year….the lawns were too hard to roll end of March…right now I got some duck ponds across the drive-way.

  10. Well at least you’re not getting a high UV index. It’s gonna be zero tomorrow but we apparently need sunscreen.

  11. Cue senior Environment Canada climatologist and serious moron, David Philips, to inform us that it was actually the third warmest winter on record.

  13. Hey!
    Canadians bellyaching about the cold is like Bedouins complaining about sand.
    Nobody’s keeping you from heading south, which even geese have the sense to do, and they are not otherwise known for their intellectual accomplishments.
    As I tell my friends in Maine, be grateful for Black Flies. If it wasn’t for them, your neighborhood would have turned into Massachusetts long ago.
    Every snowflake is tiny inducement to keep Americans and everybody else just where they are.
    You have every reason to be proud of your country, which is currently leading the world in common sense.
    Americans had the same good fortune for two centuries, until there got to be too many of them, and the inevitable howling assholes reached a number that finally gave them the power to push their way into the driver’s seat.
    Global warming is the worst thing that could happen to Canada.
    Thank God it’s yet another fabricated grievance.
    Be grateful for every snowflake.
    And don’t tell anybody that you don’t need a twenty pound beaver coat to get through the winter any more.

  15. Swearing???? That isn’t an SDA value.
    Kate, I’m disappointed with you for the first time ever.

  16. You do realize that there is SNOW in parts of our USA neighbors don’t you? Name calling is not really warranted now is it?

  17. Consider yourselves lucky, Saskabushers. It could be worser.
    My biggest problem today is fixing all the eve troughs and downspouts to handle the foot of rain we’re getting this AM. Before it turns to ICE later on. Calling for a major ice storm today, if the temperature drops just a hair. I was supposed to be taking a drive down the 401 to Chatham today, but that plan is getting increasingly unlikely. Fragnatz!
    Got my tire chains and my 100lb bag of salt limbered up just in case we get to do some skating. Actual skates give a whole new dimension to road hockey, don’t you think? If somebody gets a breakaway they could end up in Toronto.
    That’s how the first Newf ended up in Ontario, y’know. The lads were playing hockey on the frozen St. Lawrence, buddy got a breakaway…

  18. You don’t sound too bitter about this winter, Kate. ;^)
    Snow and ice in Toronto this morning too and with our ducks just returned yesterday from the U.S. using our uncleaned pool cover as their private pond. They probably should have given it another week or two although, to be fair, maybe they’ve only been listening to CBC Radio over the winter and thought it was warm up here again.

  19. how many Innu words for snow….
    Canucks use;
    blizzard
    whiteout
    powder
    corn snow
    drifts

  20. NASA and the U.S. Army helped fund development of the camera, and the National Science Foundation funded the observations. Garrett says the goal is to improve computer simulations of falling snow and how it interacts with radar. That should help improve the use of radar for weather and snowpack forecasting, and reveal more about how snowy weather can degrade microwave (radar) communications.
    Well, I don’t know, Kate. This might actually come in hand for better weather forecasts (the day to day ones that people care about). Nice to know at least some of the R&D money is being put to good use!

  22. puddin n pie said: “how many Innu words for snow….”
    You forgot “snail”.
    Its not really snow, its not really hail. Its an unholy combination of all the worst aspects of both. Its the little snow/ice balls that drift up on the road like hail pellets, but they explode into snow when they hit the windshield. Its snail!
    Nothing like a nice snail storm to make your drive to Home Depot exciting.
    Still, could be worser. I know a guy in Minnesota whose basement got filled up with hail. In July. Broke a window and drifted in. Took him a couple hours to shovel it all out again.

  23. Do you fancy yourself to be my mother?
    Yes they do have some snow and yes they are pussies.
    Now go piss up yer kilt.

  24. While I understand and appreciate Kate’s humor… it just happens that there are those who understand how important this is…
    Having worked in physics research for much too long, I was tasked once with building components for a cloud chamber to simulate ice crystal formation at high altitudes which would be conducted at DRI in Nevada.
    Probably the single most critical component (there are many!) lacking in general circulation models (GCM) is clouds, and clouds at high altitudes are made up of ice. We can’t really model something we don’t
    understand, hence the research.
    Ice crystals, and snowflakes, are a perfect demonstration of Heisenberg…. the more you try and measure it, the more you affect it. They’re tough buggers to study, especially at high altitudes!!
    It also happens that my atmospheric physicist friend and I agree that the Global Warming hysteria is just that.. hysteria. Still, we need to better understand our climate, and hopefully the people who are truly
    doing good (and actual) science will prevail!
    … Love your blog, Kate!!

  25. Diary of a snow shoveller
    December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
    December 9: We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal hite snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I’ve ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
    December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry, we’ll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we’ll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I’ll never want to see snow again. l don’t think that’s possible. Bob is such a nice man. I’m glad he’s our neighbor.
    December 14: Snow lovely snow! 8″ last night. The temperature dropped to – 20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn’t realize I would have to do quite this
    much shoveling, but I’ll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn’t huff and puff so.
    December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4×4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife’s car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that’s silly. We aren’t in Alaska, after all.
    December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
    December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity
    was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should’ve bought a wood stove, but won’t admit it to her. God I hate it when she’s right. I can’t believe I’m freezing to death in my own living room.
    December 20: Electricity’s back on, but had another 14″ of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Goddamn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they’re too busy playing hockey. I think they’re lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they’re out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they’re lying. Bob says I
    have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he’s lying.
    December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white shit fell today, and it’s so cold it probably won’t melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who
    has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter; but he says he’s too busy. I think the asshole is lying.
    December 23: Only 2″ of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!?! Why didn’t she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she’s lying.
    December 24: 6″. Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a bitch who drives that snowplow, I’ll drag him through the snow by his balls. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I’ve just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas
    carols with her and open our presents, but I was busy watching for the goddamn snowplow.
    December 25: Merry Christmas. 20 more inches of the slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have
    a bad attitude. I think she’s an idiot. If I have to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” one more time, I’m going to kill her.
    December 26: Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She’s really getting on my nerves.
    December 27: Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze. December 28: Warmed up to above -5. Still snowed in. THE BITCH is driving me crazy!!!!!
    December 29: 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in.
    That’s the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
    December 30: Roof caved in. The snow plow driver is suing me for a million dollars. The wife went home to her mother. 9″ predicted.
    December 31: Set fire to what’s left of the house. No more shoveling.
    January 8: I feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?

  26. Now I feel guilty bitching about the weather here ,when we’ve been on the golf courses for two weeks,snow visible only on the mountain tops.The grass is green for a few weeks until it turns “global warming brown”.
    Too bad old Slim Whitman isn’t around anymore,I’d love to hear him warble about “Springtime In Saskatchewan” to the tune of that other famous “springtime” song of his. 😉

  27. Be of good cheer.
    As I write, in Vostok, Antarctica it is currently -66 °C.
    You know? That’s the place where uncontrolled AGW is melting the ice caps! ☺
    Right.

  28. Dayyam, after looking at that Saskatoon forecast I will never complain about Louisi-Yana winters again.
    On another note, when we watch the Weather Channel down heya they always black out the weather above the US/Canadian border. Now I know why, the AGW crowd has infiltrated the network and showing your real live temps ain’t helping their agenda. I can always kill a conversation about global warming when I ask them if they have talked to any Canadians lately.

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