The Meaning of Cloud Streets
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Here is the second in the short series of short animations. Hope you enjoy! (If you missed the Water one, you can find that on…
Supercomputers churn mounds of data and give us a more accurate weather forecasts than our ancestors could manage. But there is something more satisfying about…
Happy Winter Solstice One and All! Here’s an interesting solstice fact for you: the Earth is actually receiving more solar radiation at this time of…
__________________________________________________________ If you look closely at these two pictures you can see how the aircraft contrail cuts the lower cumulus clouds at a slightly different…