Good grief, its already 88 F at 5 AM here in Catalina! With a whole stretch of 100 F plus days ahead, maybe it would be good if we looked at some ice and thought about it. Below are some ice crystals, as photographed by Magono and Lee (1966), a publication that is thought of… Continue reading Thinking about ice on a HOT day
Category: Definitions
The “greening” of Arizona
In the numerical weather models, that is. IPS Meteorstar, regurgitating the National Center for Environmental Prediction’s (what happened to simple titles like, “The Weather Bureau”?) model output from last night has come up with MORE GREEN in that run over prior runs in the State of Arizona. This, over the next two weeks! Caveat: Might… Continue reading The “greening” of Arizona
Attention: We interrupt this drought with some (forecasted) summer rain
The numerical leprechauns that spread green (our ancient weather map code for areas of rain) have put a coupla green pixels in the State of Arizona! The first green pixel from last night’s run appears on Monday evening, June 27th in extreme SE AZ. Its not much, see first map below, probably only enough… Continue reading Attention: We interrupt this drought with some (forecasted) summer rain
The Myth: Climate scientists were not on the global cooling bandwagon in the 1970s
Advisory: heavy reading ahead…have to fill time during current cloud drought In an article published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) in 2008, it was asserted that there was no “concensus” on global cooling in the 1970s. Why address this now? I was busy before now…. Overall response to this BAMS assertion:… Continue reading The Myth: Climate scientists were not on the global cooling bandwagon in the 1970s
Climate change: What they were saying, 1968
While waiting amid the smoky skies for some clouds… In 1968, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) published a Monograph, Volume 8, No. 30, to be exact. Monographs are special collections of papers on a particular subject representing experts in the field and their purpose is to bring the scientific community up to date on… Continue reading Climate change: What they were saying, 1968
Cirrus show
Just a couple of photos of yesterday morning’s glorious display of Cirrus (OK, “uncinus”) clouds, those high, icy white ones that were so fantastic enhanncing the desert and Catalina mountain background, taken from on top of a horse. As you know by now, those Cirrus clouds are composed of tiny ice crystals, but, as tiny… Continue reading Cirrus show
Altostratus: before and after (being underlit)
In the first shot here, you’re getting pretty excited. There are holes in the mostly icy Altostratus translucidus deck, your camera is charged up for plenty of shots, because with the holes, and, with the satellite imagery indicating a western edge of these clouds over central AZ, you realize this whole scene below will… Continue reading Altostratus: before and after (being underlit)
In case you missed it….today’s sunrise glory
What kind of cloud am I, up there? Altostratus. Too thick to be Cirrus. Altostratus in the daytime is duller than staring at dry wall, but, oh my, let the sun shine under it, and there’s no better sunrise, sunset. What is the colorful bottom of this layer cloud? Light snow falling, strangely believe… Continue reading In case you missed it….today’s sunrise glory
Catalina cloud drought ends with a whimper Sunday
In case you didn’t see it, here it is, a Cumulus fractus, a real whimper of a cloud. It had appeared in that same spot earlier in the day, before noon on Sunday. Formed again in the afternoon. It was pretty exciting, considering we have been absent clouds for about two weeks it seems. … Continue reading Catalina cloud drought ends with a whimper Sunday
Dear commentators…
Still floundering around here doing a blog, and have not been responsive to commentators, haven’t quite done much to improve the presentation here, either, and it needs it. Many comments I’ve learned since starting up, are not “real” ones, but are advertisements for something. That said, there ARE many sincere ones that I have not… Continue reading Dear commentators…