whitecaps on the pond

whitecaps on the pond --

snowstorm from the west, east wind blowing

ice crystal waves on blue ice

Enormous ice crystal halo around the moon last night, omen of a late winter snowstorm heading our way from the west. So now that it's here, why is the wind hurling a gale from the east? Weird result of a low pressure front doing a flip flop. The storm is slated to last 24 hours but for now it's blowing so hard not much is piling up. Osage Pond appears to be covered with whitecaps -- white ice crystal waves on blue ice.