Many thanks to Tom Randall, a long-time East Birmingham postman for permitting us to use his account of an interesting weather experience near Asheville, N. C. He described it as a "snowbow." Maybe Tom has coined a new word. I'm sure it has happened before but certainly not common.
Excerpts from his note:
"My wifeand I were celebrating our anniversary at the Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway April 27 at about 5,000 feet elevation. As we were leaving our room for dinner at the restaurant, it started snowing with winds of about 25-30 mph. Everything was falling sideways. Moments after the snow began, a rainbow (a snowbow) appeared. One of the most vivid that I have ever seen. During our dinner it appeared again and caused considerable excitement and a lot of conversation among the staff and diners. I could not detect any liquid
precipitation at all. It was truly spectacular. Did we witness something
truly unusual?" (Anybody else ever seen one of those
Excerpts from his note:
"My wifeand I were celebrating our anniversary at the Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway April 27 at about 5,000 feet elevation. As we were leaving our room for dinner at the restaurant, it started snowing with winds of about 25-30 mph. Everything was falling sideways. Moments after the snow began, a rainbow (a snowbow) appeared. One of the most vivid that I have ever seen. During our dinner it appeared again and caused considerable excitement and a lot of conversation among the staff and diners. I could not detect any liquid
precipitation at all. It was truly spectacular. Did we witness something
truly unusual?" (Anybody else ever seen one of those
on May 5, 2005, 11:01 am
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