Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Still waitin' on El Nino.......

11/15 - 5 am
I wake up, hear that *sizzle* of wheels on the street outside - Rain!
I roll over, try to go back to sleep, happy to hear rain.
When I wake up? the streets are barely wet. A 'no show' of a storm.

Some nice cirrrus though...

11/19
An unremarkable day, as the last few have been.
I get home at 4PM, fire up the mac mini, check email, and... i notice out my north window a certain warmth to the light.

I photographed architecture on a 4x5 view camera for 10 years ('82-'92) - i can see color temperature (the light of the sun filtered by passing thru much atmosphere) in a heart beat. Even if it is reflected off the landscape/buildings.
I can see something unique is building, there are waves in the air up there, way up. Ripples and eddies.
Sure enough, minutes later, the sunset to the west was a great show.
Like the last glowing embers in a fire.





It all happens in a new york minute. Or two.

In fact... life happens in a new york minute. There's more than clouds in the sky - there's philosophy too.
So where is El Nino?
Not 'sposed to really show up until January:


Excellent blog, bookmark it.
You'll hear from in a month or so, when the shit hits the fan.


Saturday, November 7, 2015

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

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