Have never seen anything like this, shot taken about 5:50 AM LST yesterday, July 26th. My best guess is that it was a partial rainbow, made possible by the small region of rain falling out of these Altocumulus opacus clouds. Probably some bulges in those tops above where the rain is falling so that they… Continue reading In case you missed it-a spectacular, if odd, partial rainbow
Category: Altocumulus clouds
Less color, more filling…
of raingauges wanted. It was another spectacular sunset yesterday evening after another dry day here in Catalina. You hate to see a completely dry day go by during our peak of the summer rain season, July 5th through August 20th. Below, the best we could do over Mt. Sara Lemmon in the way… Continue reading Less color, more filling…
Thursday, July 21: a dry day with a nice sunset
Here’s the sunset, in case you missed it and were watching something like Entertainment Tonight and weren’t out enjoying the real world, which is so much better: Now for some educational material. And don’t tell me, “We don’t need no education”–who were the morons who sang that??? (Of course, you all know the answer, Led… Continue reading Thursday, July 21: a dry day with a nice sunset
“Groundhog Day” all over again
If you mainly focus on going to movies about weathermen, you will remember this classic along with Steve Martin’s “LA Story.” Bill Murray, the weatherman, is condemned to live the same day over and over again until he gets it right. Since yesterday was a near repeat in many respects to the failed rain… Continue reading “Groundhog Day” all over again
Invasion of the water molecules
At least more of them…. Overnight (take a look here), the dewpoint temperature, a measure of how much frost would build up in your refrigerator freezer and/or drip down the walls of it if you left the doors open and the refrigerator on, climbed a whopping ten degrees early this morning! Yay, “mo better”… Continue reading Invasion of the water molecules
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
“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….”
Yet another nice sunset
This shot, yesterday just after 7 PM. Light snow (virga) is falling from relatively thick Altocumulus (opacus) clouds. Just above the horizon you can see some little turrets poking up from a row of cloud bases making those clouds Altocumulus castellanus. Bases of these clouds, according to the balloon data obtained from Tucson Int AP… Continue reading Yet another nice sunset
“Pretty in Pink”
Well, “tending” toward pink, anyway… But who remembers the Psychedelic Furs and what their song title alluded anyway? Of course, no one. But I liked its dark sound. Oh, well. But here it is, that “pretty in pink” sky (2 shots) from yesterday evening in case you missed it. Again these are Cirrus and… Continue reading “Pretty in Pink”
In case you missed it…yesterday morning’s sunrise
A belated post, to be sure Yesterday morning’s sounding when the Altocumulus clouds were overhead. Bases about -18 C, tops -27 C. Lots of ice visible along with widespread virga. Whenever you see this much ice in small Altocumulus clouds like these, you should automatically assume that the temperature at the top is less than… Continue reading In case you missed it…yesterday morning’s sunrise