What a nice day yesterday was, ending with this fabulous, but run-of-the mill sunsets we get to see here in the Catalina area on a regular basis. Yesterday was interesting because we had two graupel (soft hail) showers, the first about noon, and the second with a blast of thunder (1) at 1605 PM. … Continue reading All’s well that ends well
Category: Sunsets
“‘Altostratus'” at 30,000?”
I’m glad you asked that question. Has to do with rules, cloud rules. It is true that at that altitude above the ground, 30,000 to 40,000 feet, we mostly think of cirrus or “cirriform” clouds. But those clouds, by our cloud definitions, cannot have shading during the daytime with ONE exception, Cirrus spissatus, a… Continue reading “‘Altostratus’” at 30,000?”