Today: Virga here and there, chance of sprinkles through early afternoon, then blammo, clearing as wind shift aloft makes it way across Oro Valley/Catalina. CLouds will consist of Cumulus mediocris virgae, small Cumulonimbus capillatus virgae. Cloud bases will be below freezing and higher than Ms. Mt. Lemmon, so will be tough to get rain down… Continue reading Cumulus and ice
Category: Magono and Lee handbook
Cold slam
That’s your weather forecast for today. There’s nothing you can do about it. Why go on about it? Next, these from yesterday–was under control, only took 127 photos. Every thousand or so shots I take is NOT of a cloud, and yesterday there were two exceptions, which I will post here as an anomaly; a… Continue reading Cold slam
Thinking about ice on a HOT day
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