sleet and snow, day #2

Thanks to a man at Lowes, I learned that there is a difference between sleet and hail today. I guess I never really thought about it before... I got bored while I was doing my research, but you basically have sleet in the winter and hail in the warmer months (often connected with thunder storms). You're welcome.

When I headed out for work this morning I passed 2 accidents in our neighborhood. At the same time, the weather report was warning of a 'treacherous afternoon commute' so I decided to go back home and call it a day. Matt told me the main roads were fine and around 9:00 it stopped snowing, so I decided to head into work. I was prepared to leave at the first sign of the storm, but luckily (I guess) I didn't have to leave early because the sun was out and there was no trace of snow.

After work we headed to Lowes. We were in there for about 15 minutes and when we came out, the storm had finally hit. It started with a crazy downpour of sleet and then turned to snow. We don't have much yet but I have a feeling this won't disappear as fast as yesterday's did.