Dano62 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 New to the forum. I'm 62 years old, have lived in Maine my entire life, and have never seen what I describe following. We live off a paved private road. The road gets plowed during/after snow storms and no salt (or equivalent) is used on the road. We've never used any type of salt/snow melt on our paved driveway, or anywhere on our property. Last winter, and this winter, after I have cleaned off our vehicles with a shop type floor broom, and have snowblowed our walkway/upper driveway, I put them away in our garage. After the remaining snow melts off of them, and the water evaporates, there is a flaky white residue left where the snow melted. It has to be something that binds to the snow flakes as they fall, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Any ideas? Maybe I don't want to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 7 hours ago, Dano62 said: New to the forum. I'm 62 years old, have lived in Maine my entire life, and have never seen what I describe following. We live off a paved private road. The road gets plowed during/after snow storms and no salt (or equivalent) is used on the road. We've never used any type of salt/snow melt on our paved driveway, or anywhere on our property. Last winter, and this winter, after I have cleaned off our vehicles with a shop type floor broom, and have snowblowed our walkway/upper driveway, I put them away in our garage. After the remaining snow melts off of them, and the water evaporates, there is a flaky white residue left where the snow melted. It has to be something that binds to the snow flakes as they fall, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Any ideas? Maybe I don't want to know! It is salt, ocean salt can create condensation nuclei which snowflakes form around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano62 Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: It is salt, ocean salt can create condensation nuclei which snowflakes form around. It does look like salt. We're exactly 20 miles inland from the ocean and 750' above sea level, which I suppose in the big scheme of things isn't that far, or too high in elevation. The funny thing is, these are my first two winters living inland. The rest of my life was spent living less than 2 miles from the ocean, and I never saw this before. Maybe I'll put some on my finger and touch it with my tongue. Will let you know the results of my unscientific test. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 4 hours ago, Dano62 said: It does look like salt. We're exactly 20 miles inland from the ocean and 750' above sea level, which I suppose in the big scheme of things isn't that far, or too high in elevation. The funny thing is, these are my first two winters living inland. The rest of my life was spent living less than 2 miles from the ocean, and I never saw this before. Maybe I'll put some on my finger and touch it with my tongue. Will let you know the results of my unscientific test. Yea with all these long fetch easterly and South easterly winds salt is uplifted easily 20 miles. Boston area is famous for salt nuclei adding to snow amounts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I’ll be honest, I live 2 miles from the ocean and I’ve never seen that. But, I don’t know what else it would be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano62 Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 I touched a few flakes to my tongue. It was bitter, not salty. I'll see if I can get a good photo tomorrow and post it. Thanks guys for chiming in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Could it be .. Beer? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 It’s SNE’s tear nuclei. Lots of tears just to your south after another non winter. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 4/11/2024 at 6:23 PM, Dano62 said: I touched a few flakes to my tongue. It was bitter, not salty. I'll see if I can get a good photo tomorrow and post it. Thanks guys for chiming in. Bird poopies… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 It's because Dandruff isn't soluble in water - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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