But, on second thought, people who have nothing to say, often say it anyway….and that’s pretty much what happens here everyday anyway….to repeat “anyway” again anyway. Things continue to roll along for a juicy dump of rain, snow and wind beginning here on Monday. Its windy outside now. OK, a coupla clouds from yesterday…. … Continue reading No clouds of note yesterday, so no blog today
Category: Cirrus clouds
This is a new category
Phony Cu fractus hint at moderate to severe turbulence aloft; the BS ahead
Immediately, “BS” is for “Big Storm” ahead, not something untoward. OK, first a piece about yesterday’s unusual clouds at Cirrus levels; you wouldn’t want to be flying in, or underneath these: You can also these specks fly by in the U of AZ time lapse film. If you look at the film when they do,… Continue reading Phony Cu fractus hint at moderate to severe turbulence aloft; the BS ahead
100-150 mph winds overhead bring pretty patterns in Cirrocumulus clouds; also, an experiment in detecting the phase of clouds
If you thought those high clouds were moving faster than usual, you were right. The winds were about 120 mph at that level, about 28,000 feet above sea level, and just over 150 mph a few thousand feet above that level. You may have noticed two things, if you are good, that there were repeated… Continue reading 100-150 mph winds overhead bring pretty patterns in Cirrocumulus clouds; also, an experiment in detecting the phase of clouds
While waiting for R, maybe R+ at times, some thoughts on the Super Bowl
Actually, there are no thoughts about the Super Bowl here. The title was just another cheap attempt to attract a reader that might be both cloud-centric AND a football fan, creating a moneyful increase in web traffic for this blog. Yesterday’s gorgeous cloud patterns1 First you had your Cirrus, the highest of all clouds except… Continue reading While waiting for R, maybe R+ at times, some thoughts on the Super Bowl
While waiting for the rain, this wind report from southern Cal
The report below was supplied by stalwart metman, Mark Albright, U of WA, who snooped around to see if a forecast of 50-100 mph in southern Cal made from this blog on JANUARY 18th had any credibility at all for a 50-100 mph wind event in southern California: “Looks like your forecast of 2 days… Continue reading While waiting for the rain, this wind report from southern Cal
Seattle comes to Catalina
Friends, arriving this afternoon from Seattle for a sunny and warm couple of vacation days, will find that Catalina weather today is exactly like the weather they left in Seattle; poor Tommy and Patty. Clouds will fill in as the day goes on, becoming pretty cloudy at times, especially in the afternoon hours. They … Continue reading Seattle comes to Catalina
Glimpse of an Ice Age just ahead, but maybe not here in Catalina
Like scientific opinion1, climate change happens. You may not know this, but only 15,000 to 20,000 years or so ago, a blink of an eye in light years, the earth was gripped by an Ice Age. No “hockey stick” handle back then! Snow and ice piled up over a kilometer deep on top of the… Continue reading Glimpse of an Ice Age just ahead, but maybe not here in Catalina
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
Spaghetti is back!
Due to some kind of server meltdown, the NOAA spaghetti plots, better, “Lorenz plots” in honor of “Dr. Chaos”, Edward N. Lorenz, the ones my fans1 like so much, have not been available. But they’re back today! But what are they telling us? Gander this for Christmas Day: Don’t need to tell you that the… Continue reading Spaghetti is back!
“Front Light”; compare to Bud Light
Front will roar across like a mouse, not a lion, as hoped for a few days ago. Not too many rain “calories” in it. Measurable rain will still occur, starting sometime between 9 AM and 10 AM AST–oops. raining now at 7:10 AM! Check out U of AZ model for rain timing. First drops fall… Continue reading “Front Light”; compare to Bud Light