I don't think I've ever seen snow disappear so fast as overnight last night. The temperature is up around 15°C and it's been a windy two days. A lot of snow is vanishing through sublimation; the wind just sucks the moisture out of the snowbanks. As commenter mentioned yesterday, fog appears over the fields as evidence of the water vapour being sucked out of the snow. But there's so much melting going on that we also have water running out the base of the snowbanks and forming a tiny river down the side of the road.
Last night when we turned out the lights the golf was still mostly white; this morning it's half green.
And when we got back from church just 3 hours later, there was even less snow.
Take a closer look out there between the trees.
And yes, our crane snowstick has re-emerged, after about 2 months of being buried!
Out front you can see the water seeping out the front of the big dirty snowbanks. And you can never get away from the big Canadian flags on our street!
Best of all a few Daffodils shoots that had been up an inch or too but buried underneath the snow are now visible, the first sign of spring flowers at our house. And I saw a Robin the other day too. Spring is here!
We've just had a noisy thunderstorm, and torrential rain. I agree about the snow disappearing fast! It's kind of scary.
ReplyDeleteIt's pouring here. I just looked at the school playground across the way out back. It's mostly clear. That huge pile out front that I've been fretting about is about 2/3rds done -- rough estimate from the upstairs window.
ReplyDeleteBe gone with you, is a good set of words. I am glad you are melting and spring looks promising. We are below freezing in the night then we have to readjust from the warmth of last week. I will be glad to see those blooms from you garden.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a change in just a day. Is that a golf course in front of your house? My son would love that!
ReplyDeleteNice to see you have a little sign of spring! :)
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