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Temperature Inversion in Yellowstone

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019

My thanks to George Bumann for sending over this great pic of a temperature inversion in Yellowstone Park. During temperature inversions cool air becomes trapped…

How to Forecast Weather using Twinkling Stars

January 28, 2019January 31, 2019

Rare is the outdoorsperson who is not happy to discuss weather omens – even if it is only to pour scorn on some theory about…

The Why and How of Natural Navigation – TEDx

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

A fast introduction to my journey into natural navigation, how it works and why we need it, from a TEDx talk I gave in Calgary.

Mackerel Sky

January 17, 2017November 26, 2018

Following some bad weather recently, I saw the beautiful ‘mackerel sky’ above. A mackerel sky can be used to forecast weather, but it is at…

More Beautiful Sun Dogs

July 15, 2016November 26, 2018

My thanks again to Alan Gibson for sending over some great images. These are sun dogs or parhelia and parts of a “22 degree halo”.…

Weather Forecasting with Bees

March 2, 2015November 26, 2018

My thanks to Michael Adam, a bee keeper for contributing to the discussion about the relationship between bees and weather. After reading the page on…