On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Weather Observations
Fog formed over the cooler water of Indian River I’m not sure, but I think the 3.8 inches of rain that fell Sunday set a record for the date. Saturday had merely 1.24 inches while today was a practically Atacama-like .5 inches. With this rainfall, we’ve already eclipsed the 30-year average rainfall for August (6.3 … Read more
It rained for much of the day, continuing the weekend trend (which peaked yesterday with 3.8 inches). This evening I decided to head down to the park and see if I could get a picture of some of the low-lying fog I had seen on the water earlier in the afternoon. While walking, there were … Read more
Another winter shot from back in 2010. This one was my favorite from an early morning walk (follow link to see more images from that day) in early March.
This photo was taken back in January 2010 (but finally uploaded only earlier this year) – offering a chilly blast from winters past. I am curious how/why the stratus clouds hanging in the valley form and persist. I did not notice if they were quite stable or not, and from other experience know that it … Read more
I was recently made aware of an interesting weather conditions visualizer that I’ve had some fun exploring over the past few days. You can find it at http://earth.nullschool.net/. It wasn’t obvious to me, but if you click on the “earth” at the lower left, you can play with several different settings. The photo above is … Read more
While up at the Kimsham ball fields, I saw an intense rainbow over Cross Mountain. I took a break from playing frisbee and grabbed my camera to take some pictures. I later saw some pictures taken from Crescent Harbor of the same rainbow showing quite intensely from there as well. Like the one I saw … Read more