In case you missed it-a spectacular, if odd, partial rainbow

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

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

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

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