Snowflakes from the winter storm of January 1-2, 2014

Photomicrographs of Snowflakes January 1-2, 2014

January 1, 2014 it started to snow late in the afternoon. It seemed the temperatures would be good for photographing the snowflakes. By 6:30pm January 2, more than 12" of snow had fallen in downtown Rochester. There was an additional 4-8 inches forecast for the overnight that would end January 3rd. The temperatures continued to fall during the storm bottoming out at -5F late Friday evening. Often following a big storm, a beautiful day follows with great light and clear skies. January 4th was that day.

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 1

4:30 PM 16 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 2

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 3

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 4

5:00 PM 16 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 5

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 6

5:30 PM 15 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 7

5:00 PM 15 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 8

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 8

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 9

6:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 10

6:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 11

7:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 12

7:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 1 No 13

7:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 1

2:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 2

2:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 3

2:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 4

2:00 PM 14 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 5

7:00 PM 12 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 6

7:00 PM 12 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 7

7:00 PM 12 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 No 8

7:00 PM 12 F

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 - very small immature flakes 7:30pm

Winter 2013-14 Snowflake January 2 - very small immature flakes 8:30pm

Saturday January 4, 2014

8:00am 10 F