Sparkling Ice

Ice on Trees following freezing rain and sleet; Cumulus clouds in the background

One quarter inch ice on trees; Cumulus fractus and cumulus in the background

After gray skies with freezing rain, sleet and snow yesterday, today sparkled. The branches on trees and bushes were coated with about .2” of ice and as skies cleared nearby trees showed off their sparkling coat like diamonds in the sunlight.

All photos copyright 2023 Weather Briefing, L.C.; Cumulus mediocris and Cumulus fractus in the background