“Peru’s Niño”

I thought you’d like to read this (Peru’s Niño), forwarded to me by Niño expert, Nate M.   Pretty incredible to read about what is happening down there in the wake of the Big Niño of 2015-16,  which really turned out to be more of a couch potato in terms of weather production in the Great… Continue reading “Peru’s Niño”

Ice optics extravaganza; Cirrus uncinus fallstreifen going in different directions!

What a day, Mr. and Mrs. Catalina! Not as good as a rain day with lightning, but yesterday did have its moments in the sky, enough to make the astrologers  on Mt. Lemmon jealous with displays of parhelia (“sun dogs”, or “mock suns”), faint haloes, a rare parhelic circle, something you don’t see but once… Continue reading Ice optics extravaganza; Cirrus uncinus fallstreifen going in different directions!

Another fireball over Tucson! Backwards halo seen, too! Rain on tap

Check these out in yesterday’s “Olympics of optics” where all kinds of goofy optical things were seen:                                          Today’s clouds Thickening and lowering, ho hum, the usual as a trough aloft (bend in the jet stream… Continue reading Another fireball over Tucson! Backwards halo seen, too! Rain on tap