Hi all,

In response to Todd's Christmas snow pictures, here are mine from December 27.

Monday night into Tuesday the weather forecast for the Yakima Valley and Kittitas Valley (Ellensburg area north of Yakima) was for an ice storm. I heard an interview with a weather service person saying this was the first time in 5 years they'd forecast such an event. Attached are some pictures. The temperature rose overnight so at 8:00am it is 32. It's to get warmer throughout the day and melt this stuff. 

The first pictures is the ash tree with tiny icicles hanging all over it. The second is a close-up of the icicles on the awning looking out at the same tree. The third is a branch from the elm tree that's now on the ground. As I said before, the snow has been here since just after Thanksgiving.

The fourth picture is a National Park Service webcam photo I'm using as the desktop image on my computer. I captured it on Jan 9, 2022. 

I do not think snow is pretty, nor do I like cold@!!@@@!@!!