tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post6503054040214842702..comments2024-03-27T21:02:08.203-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Rainbow Clouds Seen Around the RegionCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62886927496576430252016-06-03T16:07:17.862-07:002016-06-03T16:07:17.862-07:00Wait, we're about to have a 48 hour pancake br...Wait, we're about to have a 48 hour pancake breakfast cookout in the middle of I5 and there's no new blog post? I'd cry but my tears would boil. The rainbow clouds are nice, but<br /><br />http://www.atmos.washington.edu/wrfrt/data/2016060312/load.cgi?images_d3/wa_tsfc.36.0000.gif<br /><br />looks like a nice lava lamp, which is about where the temperatures will be. Oregon gets lucky though; they have that area of white, and we can all read the legend: White is 16F. :]Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433834468021679601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-36595556421388116742016-06-02T22:55:06.201-07:002016-06-02T22:55:06.201-07:00I witnessed this in south Edmonds above Lake Balli...I witnessed this in south Edmonds above Lake Ballinger Lake around noon. It was a beautiful sight. Like a rainbow, only bigger. Simply gorgeous. Out for a jog, I had no camera.Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02414198550493495245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-61402141911532475102016-06-02T15:42:28.508-07:002016-06-02T15:42:28.508-07:00Gonna be a quick transition from beauty into recor...Gonna be a quick transition from beauty into record warm heat, at least west of the Cascades. POSSIBLE THE 2ND EARLIEST for temps above 98 before the 3rd week of June for western Oregon. The earliest was May 28th, 1983 with 100 degrees. This week will depend on easterly flow. Will be interesting to compare, u guys vs. us for hot temps. The thermal trough looks to close to the Cascades, not letting easterly flow develop in the Portland area. I wonder if the thermal trough develops better in the Pudget sound area with this kind of setup? iphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337836157323303376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-68411259407825059292016-06-02T08:17:38.993-07:002016-06-02T08:17:38.993-07:00Not a sun dog. See http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo...Not a sun dog. See http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm for everything you ever wanted to know (and then some) about ice-crystal halos. There is a whole zoo of different halos, all caused by varying types of crystals and sun-observer geometry. The complex displays with a multitude of halos are rare and amazing events, but the CHA (subject of this blog post) is fairly common.haunmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824319190609806134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-26340952949155360822016-06-02T00:15:15.103-07:002016-06-02T00:15:15.103-07:00I hate it when I miss cool things...
Wes Cowley h...I hate it when I miss cool things...<br /><br />Wes Cowley has a wonderful website about all sorts of atmospheric optics: www.atoptics.co.ukBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15342967219037330518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-8175424915626579142016-06-01T19:41:31.735-07:002016-06-01T19:41:31.735-07:00Sun DogsSun DogsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725131657663358389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-78995922826681965952016-06-01T17:47:22.245-07:002016-06-01T17:47:22.245-07:00I guess this is different fro the usual sun dog (w...I guess this is different fro the usual sun dog (which I have seen, and which can also be colored due to the sun refracting through the side of the crystals). Anselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.com