The last month got alot more interesting

It actually rained!
Alotta people, sky/cloud watchers or not, would say that sunrise and sunset are the times most likely to deliver a colorful unique display. Can't disagree with that.
But I should point out that many times looking in the opposite direction (west at sunrise, east at sunset) can be equally interesting though probably much subtler.
So here's recent sunrise, and what goes on 180 degrees behind it.

This is looking east. Below, looking west

 

What this stretched out streaky cloud is, i have no idea.

10/25 AM fog.

Such mysterious and spooky stuff.

10/27 - Forecast was for some significant rain. Never happened even though AM skies looked kinda angry.

11/1 Sunday
Forecast? Rain, starting late, continuing thru the night. Correct, it happened! I woke at midnite and 3 AM to make a bit of 'rain' in my bathroom, and was pleasantly surprised to see the same out my window!

At the coast, half an inch, further east/ inland/east bay - 1.5 inches.

Many times, it's the backside of he storm that is most interesting, photogenic.
True once again. By 8 AM, rain is gone....

...but what passes by thru the day is, ah yes, worth many frames. Maybe half roll or more in 35mm camera terms. Even late in the afternoon there was still bombastic stuff passing thru. Thank you mother nature for a great show. I doubt you will ever bore me for long.
 

And a bit later, 'round sunset, warm color kicked in.

What's up w/ El nino?

Always check this one out, definitly worth a bookmark!

weatherwest blog - 10/28

http://www.weatherwest.com/archives/3566

I always quote the terminator, 'ahnold':
"ah'll be back"

Not a terribly interesting month until a few days ago

It just hasn't been a very interesting month in my neck of the woods.
There were a few scattered showers on 9/16 - 9/17, about enough to wet the pavement.
Elsewhere it was not so peaceful. Of course you've heard of the various wildfires toasting the state. A combination of drought, fire suppression and in many cases human stupidity. I read an article that listed the causes of Ca. wildfires in the last decade or so - many were created by homo sapiens.
Add a new cloud to your list: pyrocumulus. Created by fire, an oxygen sucking monster.

 

When & where it did rain?...people died.

http://graphics.latimes.com/zion-flash-flood/

Slot canyons are beautiful, but inherently dangerous, there's no escaping whatever happens. I have one rule of thumb when i am wandering on the coast or in the desert - 'if the worst that can happen, happens, are the consequences tolerable/surviveable?'.
The answer to that is the answer as to whether to continue on... or not.

As for El Nino?:

http://www.weatherwest.com/archives/3405

An excellent blog, bookmark it.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/opinion/a-wet-winter-wont-save-california.html

Oh, shut the fuck up!
California is good at reinventing itself.
It will continue to do so. I'll bet on it. :-)

On 9/23, it got a good bit better. Beautiful cirrus in the AM. First shots, at the bus/transit center at the bottom, no aesthetic apologies for the gritty reality of the place. In fact it emphasizes something very real. We are on a big ball of rock, held here by gravity, in a very gritty world. We are surrounded by a thin skin of air, protected from UV that could bake us in a heartbeat. Think 'Mars', OK? The 'cloud-sphere' changes constantly.

Love what's going on in the lower right:

 

Later on in the day, it continued to be interesting.

Once again, there's an interesting detail, far right:

So what are those wispy things at the bottom?

 

 

To quote a great songwriter:
'We contemplate eternity under the vast indifference of heaven'

Warren Zevon
Thanks, Warren RIP