What causes Hoarfrost?

On my way to visit Clarksville I noticed that the sky was rather foggy…so there was quite a bit of moisture in the air that day.  As I got closer to Clarksville I saw the trees were flocked with hoarfrost.  Also called “White Frost”, hoarfrost forms when small drops of water freeze on objects.  In this case the objects were trees and grass and bushes.

Light fog on Highway 218

Light fog on Highway 218

 

Frosty oak tree

Frosty oak tree

Natural flocking on the evergreens!

Natural flocking on the evergreens!

 

Hoarfrost on the pine needles

Hoarfrost on the pine needles

 

More frosty pine boughs

More frosty pine boughs

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This post was written by jkennedy on January 13, 2010

1 Comment so far

  1. Tony January 19, 2010 1:26 am

    Some of the best hoarfrost I have ever seen this week!!

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