Big fat trough not to sit on Catalina at month’s end after all

This whole situation, in spite of the inclinations seen in “spaghetti”, has gone to pot.  Well, actually, to the north more than foretold days ago.  No rain is now foreseen here for another week or two.

But instead of discussing in minutiae what went wrong, and why CM fell for it, that is, go through a bunch of hand-wringing about how bad our models are, even with some chaos thrown in (produces “spaghetti”), let us instead change direction for awhile, a diversion really, and consider the two forms of anarchy today:  good anarchy, and bad anarchy.

We begin our discussion with an example of “good anarchy”, shown below:

Here, at an entrance to the University of Washington, conscientious citizens implore others to be as good as they can and not break laws. While it was illegal to write on the wall, you can see that they were good-hearted people.
Here, at an entrance to the University of Washington, conscientious citizens exhorting their fellow citizens to be as good as they can be and not break laws. While it was illegal to write on the wall, you can see that they were good-hearted people, ones that might pick up litter as well.

In contrast, below I present an egregious example of quite “bad anarchy.”  Please note the clear message by the authorities on the sign at right:

This was horrific, shocking. Here people, but not me, violate a clear edict about walking past a sign. And they seem to have no remorse about it. What has happened to us?
This was horrific, shocking. Here people, but not me, violate a clear edict about walking past a sign with a black pole marking the point you are not supposed to go past. And the violators seem to have no remorse about they have done, but are just kind of ambling along. What has happened to us?  Perhaps the woman on the left is bowing her head in shame.  Maybe THAT is the only thing we can take away to boost our spirits over this sad scene of otherwise happy, non-chalant acting people in violation of the law.  I will never forget this scene.

Yesterday’s clouds

We did have a nice sunset; so many here. Hope you saw it.  Pretty much an all daymlollipop lentiular cloud downwind of Ms. Lemmon yesterday, too.  Here’s the U of AZ time lapse for yesterday.   You can really see how these clouds hover, shrink and expand, disappear, reappear, as the moisture grade changes.

6:45 PM. Altostratus with virga underlit due to a distant hole that allowed the fading sun to iluminate its light snowfall.
6:45 PM. Altostratus with virga, lit from below due to a distant hole that allowed the fading sun to illuminate this portion of the As clouds and the light snow falling from them (virga).

 

7:03 AM. Ac len downstream of Lemmon.
7:03 AM. Ac len downstream of Lemmon.
1:13 PM. Still there.
1:13 PM. Still there.
4:43 PM. Some more over there, too.
4:43 PM. Some more over there, too.

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.