How Can I Tell If A Cloud Will Bring Rain?
Is it going to rain? What a popular question. The key to longer-term forecasts lies in studying changes in clouds and fronts over hours, but…
Is it going to rain? What a popular question. The key to longer-term forecasts lies in studying changes in clouds and fronts over hours, but…
Fallstreak holes form when a part of a cloud falls out, leaving a hole. This happens when part of a cloud made of very cold…
Below is a short excerpt from the book, The Secret World of Weather, on how contrails can be used to predict changes in weather Contrails…
If we see clouds growing taller, it is a sign that showers and storms are more likely than days when the clouds are flat and…
The temperature often rises just before it snows, but why? When it is very cold in winter, we instinctively feel that snow is likely. It…
Dear Mr. Gooley,I have stumbled upon your book on the secret world of weather in a small bookstore in Flagstaff, Arizona on a road trip.…
Lens clouds are saucer, lens or lentil-shaped clouds that form when wind blows moist air over mountains. Their formal name is Altocumulus lenticularis (lenticula means…
A distrail is the clear path through a cloud formed in the wake of an aircraft. Distrails form because the aircraft turns the water droplets…
Here’s my selection following a short visit to friends in the Tarn region of southern France. Stately Homes The older, bigger and grander a building…
Many visitors to cold mountains are struck by the amazing visibility. The visibility is so good that it can trick the brain into thinking things…
One of the great joys of natural navigation is that it intrigues such a wide variety of people, something it shares with food. We can’t…
On a flight back from Spain to the UK, we were treated to a great display of “cloud streets” over France. They form parallel to…
… the Earth’s refreshed by frequent showers. It is so rewarding when weather lore helps us remember a clue. It is doubly satisfying when this…
Another very interesting email from Prof. Otta Wenskus: Hi Tristan, I just read your paragraph on altocumulus lenticularis. Sadly, while Ifind them beautiful, my feelings…
My thanks to Tim Webb for reading my books and writing with some local feedback: I thought you may enjoy this photo. Contrails in west…
Yesterday it was time put my body where my pen was. I had a lot of fun picking a route through the South Downs that…
There are two strong cloud signs in this picture showing that rain is likely soon. A heavy downpour started 20 minutes after this photos was…
On first glance these clouds may appear random. But they are far from it. They are making a map of the ground for us. With…
Or… The Art of Staring at Blue Skies This video is a time lapse of a couple of hours of looking out over the western…
The clouds always make a map for us. On winter mornings, the cumulus clouds map the sea. A lot more about this and the other…
The tops of trees or other fixed objects in the middle distance make it easier to gauge the effect of the wind on clouds or…