Strange winter phenomenon this morning

[C50]

The temperatures warmed up yesterday and this morning this is what I found, as the snow melted on my barn roof it slid down and curled around. Never saw something like that before.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Cool!

 

[Imogene]

Wow, that’s one for the books! I’m glad you got pictures. You should send them to the Weather Channel

 

[Jazzy1]

Great picture of the snow cornice.

 

[hearlady]

Wow!

 

[old medic]

Seen it before but not to that extent.... Cool

 

[tinytn]

Amazing!! to say the least,,

 

[Gardenlover]

Looks like a frozen wave - get out your snow board!

 

[GoodEnuff]

I have had that happen a lot. There will also be huge icicles hanging down. One time, the icicles were curved in enough to be only an inch from the window glass below. It was in an area where I couldn't get at it to knock them down. I had two guys come over and place a full sheet of plywood up under the eave, slanted down to the ground to protect that bay window. Not pretty but it works. The plywood comes down in the spring and goes back up in the fall. a real PITA.

This summer, I hope to extend that eave so it is better protected.

 

[jujube]

It thawed enough to become the consistency of taffy, apparently.

 

[smiley]

nature and science or nature is science come together - what the brain can't understand nature shows us anyway!!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We ‘ve got a bit of the same thing happening here. It just hasn’t curved. We will have to knock it down soon before it falls down on our dogs.

 

[C50]

The other thing that was kind of cool is it was coming off a ribbed metal roof and the rib patteren was embossed on the inside of the curl, though I couldn't get that detail to show up in a picture.

Once it all slid off I ended up with a giant pile of snow laying right up agaist my barn, which I don't like. I tried clearing it away but the bulk of it is solidly frozen since the temps dropped again.

 

[GoodEnuff]

The other thing that was kind of cool is it was coming off a ribbed metal roof and the rib patteren was embossed on the inside of the curl, though I couldn't get that detail to show up in a picture.

Once it all slid off I ended up with a giant pile of snow laying right up agaist my barn, which I don't like. I tried clearing it away but the bulk of it is solidly frozen since the temps dropped again.

I have that same problem. In one area, three roofs (which form a U-shape) all shed snow onto that small area, right up against the house siding which used to be wood. The siding was rotten and when it was removed to be replaced, the OSB sheathing, sill plate and lower parts of the studs behind it were rotten through. That was all replaced with pressure treated lumber, coated with an asphalt/rubber coat stuff, covered with ice and water shield and the new siding is metal, which extends 2" below the top of the concrete slab foundation. In addition, we placed those rubber corrugated things used to keep wasps out and siliconed the edges.

I dare any melting snow to get in there now! Even so, I do my best to shovel the snow away from the walls.