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I recently saw a great cloud show on a trip to Denver. It started with a very dramatic dark sky just before a thunderstorm and ended with these impressive Mammatus clouds. The clouds are named after the Latin word mamma meaning “udder” or “breast”. They form on the underside of various cloud types especially Cumulonimbus and are a result of reverse convection. Warm humid air falls and some of the water vapor mixes with cooler air forming hanging pouches.
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Seeds from a nearby Cottonwood Tree are easily airborne and give the appearance that it is snowing.
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These maple seeds will spin with the slightest breeze (see the image to the right of the blog header). I have shortened the stems and placed them in hollow metal tubes. If winds are gusting over 15 mph they will lift out of the tubes and spin into the air with the anticipation of finding fertile ground in which to take root.
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Hope is in the Air
28 and climbing. clouds leaning towards clearing. seeds in the window a-quiver.
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The windsock pictured in the photo below is on the rooftop of my studio building in Ferndale, Michigan. There is a beautiful high-level cirrus cloud above. According to the position of the sock, winds are calm and from the southwest.
Windsocks point in the opposite direction the wind is blowing. Wind speed is determined by the angle of the sock to the mounting pole. When there is little or no wind the sock droops. As wind speed increases the windsock will extend outward. Wind over 17 mph will extend the sock straight out.
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The photos below were taken on November 23 in SW Detroit at the air monitoring site near Zug Island.
The photo in the center shows a filter that was used to measure particulate matter over a 24 hour period. The white border is the original color of the filter paper.
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winds are variable calm gusting some clouds nicer than in recent days tomorrow today yesterday partly spotty showers isolated breezy milder a bit upper middle highs decreasing mostly in the south sunshine downwind otherwise rain fog hail in northern areas cool not so dull and considerably steady wind with diminishing rainfall active winds low 20’s occasional snow becoming numerous in the morning afternoon then highs 50’s 60’s 70’s around the west a few light heavy low clouds SE ESE then SSW then winds 10 to 15 to 25 to 29 to 50 around noon low pressure strong showers another storm winds rain thunder details except remaining ample sun low high pressure major front rainfall rising winds gusts interior coast gusts gusts moving through slow fast moderate remaining cool mostly cloudy but fierce sunshine powerful then calm but rising temperatures 80’s 90’s hot and cool thunder diminishing to recent days milder then warm again 90’s 100’s 200’s and elsewhere considerable spotty hail and thunder high pressure nicely heavy rains and dreary winds possible flooding with snow and ice mid 60’s to 100’s temperatures tumble cooler mid moderate high milder close to low nice NWSW or variable precipitation cloudy partly cloudy warmer winter slushy wet slippery days strong strong dullness
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