Photos of yesterday’s patterns I could literally hear the cameras clicking all over Catalina and Oro Valley as these patterns showed up, moving in from the southwest as the increasing numbers of cloud-centric folk lost control of themselves. Reflecting that general loss of control, which affected yours truly, too many photos will be posted here. … Continue reading More patterns galore, but with natural holes in them that made for an extra fascinating day!
Category: Cirrus clouds
This is a new category
High cold ones, and lots of patterns in a complex sky
In particular, those Altocumulus clouds, “cold” Cirrocumulus (ones that transform to ice immediately), and those “Altocumulocirrus” clouds combining with scenes of “regular” cirriform clouds. Lots of interesting sights to have seen yesterday. All these the result of marginal moisture aloft and strong winds, up around 100 mph at the highest Cirrus levels. Let us begin… Continue reading High cold ones, and lots of patterns in a complex sky
“Peru’s Niño”
I thought you’d like to read this (Peru’s Niño), forwarded to me by Niño expert, Nate M. Pretty incredible to read about what is happening down there in the wake of the Big Niño of 2015-16, which really turned out to be more of a couch potato in terms of weather production in the Great… Continue reading “Peru’s Niño”
Catalina WY progress report; Cal WY update, too, since I grew up in Cal
I thought you’d like to see this: Doesn’t look promising for much rain here in Catalina in March, however. No rain in sight through the next 10 days at least. Let’s check our 7 inches with what’s happening upwind, say, in CALIFORNIA, and see if there’s been any drought relief there, through February, via the… Continue reading Catalina WY progress report; Cal WY update, too, since I grew up in Cal
Iridescence, jet streak Cirrus warn of overnight “middlin'” storm
I guess “billows” (“undulatus” in cloudspeak) two days ago in the late afternoon wasn’t enough of a sign that the weather was changing. Yesterday we had fast moving Cirrocumulus with rainbows in it, and as the sun was setting, “jet streak Cirrus”, a line of Cirrus clouds often seen in the very core of high… Continue reading Iridescence, jet streak Cirrus warn of overnight “middlin’” storm
Strange sunset brew of clouds and color; but was it natural?
Cutting to the chase: I don’t think so. Yesterday, after an ordinary beginning,, finished in a spectacular, if likely artificial way. Let us work our way through yesterday’s cloudulations: Later that morning….. But let’s go zooming up to flight level and take a closer look for a second: Now, where was I? Got mammatus… Continue reading Strange sunset brew of clouds and color; but was it natural?
In case you missed them…a 2008 full moon and, moving ahead, yesterday’s sunrise
From the Cowboys in Laramie, Wyoming, this TUS sounding for yesterday morning in the pre-dawn hours: As the morning wore on, the Altocumulus deck faded away, moving east, and we were left with some Cirrus clouds, but what kind? Well, that was it for photography yesterday. Doesn’t seem to be any reliable indication of… Continue reading In case you missed them…a 2008 full moon and, moving ahead, yesterday’s sunrise
A stragne and wonderful day
Many strange1 and wonderful sights were seen yesterday; I could feel the excitement out there as one cloud microstructural mystery after another regaled our Catalina skies. How cold are these clouds? Lets look at the TUS sounding, launched at about 3:30 AM yesterday morning. That bank of Altocumulus was racing at more than 50 mph… Continue reading A stragne and wonderful day
A day with rare and regular clouds
Yesterday, whilst disappointingly dry, no rain fell here overnight was a day of rare cloud sightings, most of it involving the rarely seen, “Cumulo-cirrus1“, a cloud fakery situation where extremely cold (less that -40°Ç, -40° F)and clouds at Cirrus levels appear to be ordinary little Cumulus fractus clouds. I hope you weren’t fooled by those impersonators.… Continue reading A day with rare and regular clouds
Colorful evening ends day with a colorful morning; a note on the great Cal rains of October 2016
Not much else to talk about, no rain of course; what is that? But with so many colorful scenes yesterday, we can be partially sated by the lives we lead here sans rain here. October ended with a puny 0.01 inches in Sutherland Heights. Now, because I grew up in California and remain a little… Continue reading Colorful evening ends day with a colorful morning; a note on the great Cal rains of October 2016