What kind of cloud am I, up there? Altostratus. Too thick to be Cirrus. Altostratus in the daytime is duller than staring at dry wall, but, oh my, let the sun shine under it, and there’s no better sunrise, sunset. What is the colorful bottom of this layer cloud? Light snow falling, strangely believe… Continue reading In case you missed it….today’s sunrise glory
Author: 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.
Sunrise and Cirrus splendor; the rarely seen Cirrus castellanus floats by
Gee, three days with a cloud or two over droughty Catalina! Yay! Here’s yesterday morning’s nice Cirrus uncinus (icy clouds with long trails). Then, later that morning, the RARELY seen Cirrus castellanus sporting some mammatus (downward protuberances at the bottom) showed up. (I should note that some of the female atmos sci students at… Continue reading Sunrise and Cirrus splendor; the rarely seen Cirrus castellanus floats by
Catalina cloud drought ends with a whimper Sunday
In case you didn’t see it, here it is, a Cumulus fractus, a real whimper of a cloud. It had appeared in that same spot earlier in the day, before noon on Sunday. Formed again in the afternoon. It was pretty exciting, considering we have been absent clouds for about two weeks it seems. … Continue reading Catalina cloud drought ends with a whimper Sunday
Dear commentators…
Still floundering around here doing a blog, and have not been responsive to commentators, haven’t quite done much to improve the presentation here, either, and it needs it. Many comments I’ve learned since starting up, are not “real” ones, but are advertisements for something. That said, there ARE many sincere ones that I have not… Continue reading Dear commentators…
“Smoke gets in your skies”
Remember that great Harold Arlyn song about smog? He was pretty upset when he wrote it I would imagine. Btw, the song was covered later in the 1950s by a group called The Platters… Below we have a shot of some late afternoon pretty, undulating Cirrus or Cirrostratus… (NOT!) That was a trick question, actually… Continue reading “Smoke gets in your skies”
De-constructing a sprinkle, its THAT dry here…
and that’s what we’re down to. Today’s topic will be a chapter in the strangely believe it book. This is about literally about three or four drops at most that hit me at 5:18 PM LST while outside photographing clouds (of course!). I really didn’t think they were drops from clouds, I could not… Continue reading De-constructing a sprinkle, its THAT dry here…
Clouds to the north, clouds to the south, but not one in visual range from Cat land
Yesterday around this time I asserted that there would be some Cirrus and maybe some Altocumulus clouds for great sunset/sunrise photos last evening and this morning. In fact, there wasn’t and isn’t as I write, enough humidity at Cirrus levels for even obnoxious contrails! Bad forecast! Here’s what Cirrus clouds looks like, in case you’ve… Continue reading Clouds to the north, clouds to the south, but not one in visual range from Cat land
Sunrise and sunset heaven: Cirrus and maybe Altocumulus on the way
Yep, a cute tiny little upper air low with just a dollop of high clouds is going to be spit out of the eastern Pacific off Baja Cal today and tomorrow and toward AZ, and along with that will come some Cirrus and probably Altocumulus floccus and castellanus clouds, maybe with virga. The first Cirrus… Continue reading Sunrise and sunset heaven: Cirrus and maybe Altocumulus on the way
The Twelve…rain drops in Catalina, that is
Well, maybe there were about 27, but anyway….not very many; still, those drops were to be treasured after not seeing a single “hydrometeor” display in SE AZ in so–ooooo LONG A TIME! ———————————- PG-13 advisory; DRIZZLE is discussed I have to warn you at this point. That rain event yesterday WAS NOT DRIZZLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will… Continue reading The Twelve…rain drops in Catalina, that is
“Oh so pretty….”
You know the rest of the words to this song, the punch line, “…pretty ugly.” Yes, who can forget Johnny Rotten….? Gorgeous clouds yesterday, but no rain is going to follow them (the “ugly” part)! I had really hoped for a splotch of glaciating Stratocumulus clouds this morning after the great display of….the tongue twister,… Continue reading “Oh so pretty….”