About real clouds, weather, cloud seeding and science autobio life stories by WMO consolation prize-winning meteorologist, Art Rangno
Less data; but more filling
A “storm”, one with “rain,” has at last shown up in the numerical prognostics for late on Thanksgiving Weekend. It appears for the first time on last night’s 11 PM AST model run. At that time (11 PM AST) we have less global data to work with when the model crunches out its forecast, and so it is generally thought to be less reliable. But, it has a storm for us….
But, a storm here helps fill dreams of a green desert washed of dust, and stimulates the thought of wildflower seeds springing to life for the spring to come. So, to HECK with opinions on a 11 PM run having less skill! Let us dream of rain and poppies! Here it is below, from IPS Meteostar:
Pretty Cirrus lately, often at multiple levels, as here:
The End
By Art Rangno
Retiree from a group specializing in airborne measurements of clouds and aerosols at the University of Washington (Cloud and Aerosol Research Group). The projects in which I participated were in many countries; from the Arctic to Brazil, from the Marshall Islands to South Africa.