Halloween Snow

  

 

 

 

Apigiannagaut  is a word in the Inuktitut language for the first snow of autumn.  Here in the  Chicago area, we  got the first snow of autumn  on October 31 for Halloween. 

Yes, snow on the carpet of fallen colored leaves. Snow on the pumpkins and skeleton decorations. Snow on the bridges and grassy areas. Sometimes, it was light as the falling leaves. Sometimes it was like being in a snow-globe, snow swirling around in gusts of wind.

Snow squalls they called it. Sun then snow, then sun again. 

Sometimes, the snow looked like tiny white balls. There's a name for this, too--graupel.

According to Wikipedia----"Graupel, also called soft hail, hominy snow, or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm balls of crisp, opaque rime.  Graupel is distinct from hail and ice pellets in both formation and appearance. "

 It's not the first time we've had Halloween snow.  The last time  was in 2019, when 3.4 inches of snow fell in Chicago!  

Today, November 1, a clear blue sky, and cold. Still some snow on the leaves and the grass. Sun on melting snow and falling leaves....