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11-24 After a week of being stuck under an inversion (thanks Lakes), the Sun came out to play this afternoon. Made for a nice time with weather visuals. Starting off with some iridescence in the alto cumulus in the afternoon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... When I got out to the overpass for the sunset. THis is taken pre-sunset to show you all the various cloud levels, so you have some context for what came later. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... Looking NNW over the firehouse, as the color was storming through the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... And the best image of the day. Looking SW at the best color. All the various levels of clouds, all in various stages of lighting, makes this almost look like it is a composite of two or more images, but I assure this is one pass, haul ass of an image. Just a fantastic ending to a fantastic day. Taken with the 24 - 70mm at 50mm... Three Cheers! Good night my darl'in, wherever you are...

Goes to show you how much I know about weather, squat. This afternoon between noon and three the Sun popped out and the inversion was blasted away. So happy I could be so wrong. Looked and felt pretty outside after a week of dull gray (grey).

I knew we were going to have to pay for all those sunny warm days. Hazards of living close to those pesky Lakes. Once the inversion gets set in the area, it almost takes an act of God to break down the inversion. Most of the week the forecast was for Sun on Sunday. Now today it has been downgraded to mostly cloudy. My bet is for the inversion to hold the upper hand.

I am going to over-share the sunset of 11-16. Sure glad I took some voluntary time-off from work that day as the sunset was real nice and that darn time change has made a mess of me seeing sunsets on workdays. Started off with a vivid sundog (parhelia) on the south side of the sun again. Taken with the 24-70mm at 59mm... Looking ESE at the cirrus in the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Back to the SW for the sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... Looking ENE at the color coming into the area. And there is an airliner coming out of KIND heading north to parts unknown above the new light pole. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking back to the SW as the reds started to creep into the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking to the ESE again at the reds in the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking to the SW at the final colors. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... And the final image of the night. The last of the color on the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm and cropped in the camera... Cheers!

11-8 had a nice late afternoon sky An extremely vivid sundog (parhelia) on the south side of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... The sunset conditions. Taken with the 24-70mm at 42mm...

11-3 had a nice sunrise. Some nice purple/red color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm and cropped in camera...

11-2 had a nice sunset. Around the actual sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... Post sunset colors. Taken with the 100mm cropped in camera...

From today at noon. Isn't there some weather lore/wive's tale that a ring around the Sun means rain?

WHat hour is that?

The browns of November... The denuded trees in the southside park make for a great shadow exercise this time of year...

My 0.04" turned into 0.82" overnight. Might actually have some grass to mow next weekend. How novel.

Yesterday 0.49" in the tippy bucket. Today only 0.05" so far and the last slug of moisture might slide east of me or maybe just clip me. Keeping my fingers crossed. Could use some more.

24 foot of snow at lets call it 8 to 1, and then say half of that evaporates, is still 15 to 18 inches of precipitation for the ground. Think that will erase the D5 in the state?

The sunset on 10-30 was nice all around. The pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Looking NNW as the color was coming into the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Looking SSW as the color was coming into the area. Taken with the 16-35mm at 21mm... Looking SW at the last of the color up high. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm... The last of the fleeting color looking SW. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Cheers!

The afternoon of 10-30 was about the sundogs (parhelia). An image without an obstruction and the attendant lens flare. Taken wwith the 24-70mm at 31mm... And taken with a telephone pole as an obstruction and not having to deal with any lens flare. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm...

10-28 the late morning gets its own post. For a long time, I have been keeping my eyes to the sky hoping to get to image something I normally only see from the winter mountain top imagers. Some of the extra arcs and halos around the Sun. I as partially successful this morning. I was able to see quite clearly although it is a bit vague on the image. I wwas able to image a circumzenithal arc. It is above the 22 degree halo and halfway from that to the top of the image. The colors show up quite well but the coverage of the arc is a little sparse. With that arc being 46 degree above the Sun most people never look that high in the sky and never see it to begin with. I am quite pleased that I was finally able to see this. Taken with the 16-35mm at 18mm...

10-28 had a real nice sunrise. The start of the color when it was still quite dark out. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... Max color dynamics. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... As the last of the rich color were bleeding out of the sky. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Cheers!

10-26 has some over-the-horizon stuff interacting with the cirrus overhead. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

10-22 was about the morning cirrus and effects. The extent of the cirrus coverage. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Some nice iridescence. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm...

10-21 at sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

I do not know what it is about October, but that month always seems to be excellent with clouds and color. Especially there seems to always be plenty of cirrus around. This month was no different. Started off in the afternoon with a little bit of cirrus and a little bit of cumulus. The winds were whipping and shooting the flags straight out. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... The sunset was all about the cirrus. Both pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... And post-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm...

10-4 was nothing special as far a color went for the sunset. But the type and visual aspect of the clouds made it cool to look at. Started off with the altocumulus looking north when I got out to the firehouse first thing in the evening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Later, the altocumulus started evaporating off and leaving these nice ripples all the way to the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm...

10-2 was about the post sunset colors. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

9-22 was about the post sunrise colors. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

9-12 was about the morning and afternoon cirrus. Started off with a 22 degree halo around the morning Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... In the afternoon there was a weak sauce 22 degree halo, 2 parhelia (sundogs), and a partial parhelic circle (the white line through the sundogs and the Sun). Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...