Archives for: "December 2017"

Bad Snow, Part II, and Some History

December 11th, 2017
The recent post about bad snow (see new emblem at bottom) reminded me of an old image that often pops up in historical descriptions about snow. The date was 1555 and Olaus Magnus, an archbishop in Sweden, just published "Description of the Northern… more »

Film frost grains and radiative cooling of the ground

December 10th, 2017
December 8th brought the first frost to the Seattle area. This doesn't mean that this is the first time this season that the ground reached 0 degrees C or lower. True, we had gotten snow in late November, though this by itself doesn't mean the ground… more »