US Visit-Snowfall

We had visited U S A during winter. One morning, i saw, through the glass-pane in the door,  tiny pieces of falling snowflakes. 

It was drizzling. As the flakes fell, they turned into sleet. I found out that sleet refers to two distinct forms of precipitation: rain and snow mixed, snow that partially melts as it falls. Sleet is precipitation consisting of small ice pellets formed by freezing of raindrops or of melted snow flakes. Precipitation is condensation of atmospheric water-vapour that falls under gravity.

'Flurry' means, among other things, a brief light snowfall.  

Snowflakes continued falling during the evening and night. When we woke up the next morning, we saw through the window that the entire surrounding had become white, covered with snow. Snowflakes continued to fall till around mid-day, even when sun was shining brightly. It had stopped for some time when Daughter I suggested that we take photographs of ourselves against the white blanket of snow. We went outside, fully covered, and did that.

Around noon, the snowflakes stopped falling. The snow lying on the ground started melting at many spots. Yet there were patches and spots on which the snow did not melt even with the sun's rays. This was due to the fact that the temperature outside was still zero or sub-zero.

The wife ventured outside and made a snow-man.

Five States in East Coast declared Emergency in view of the blizzard. Daughter I lives in Georgia which is one of the States in the Southern part of U S A. Southern U S A is generally warmer and was not affected.

Here are some of our photos with Daughter I and her children:










And here are those of the outside scenario.

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