Category Archives: weather

  Now that the wildfire season seems behind us, no concern is likely to be raised by a discussion of something called the hotspot in the forest. The hotspot is an optical phenomenon in the form of a diffuse bright region around … Continue reading →

  One year differs from the next. Last year had a dramatic forest fire; this year almost nothing burned. Last year we hardly noticed black bears; this year they abound. Last year offered copious dragonflies; this year there were few. There are years … Continue reading →

  Wind has momentum: After all, it is a moving mass of air. The magnitude of this momentum usually varies with height in the atmosphere, because aloft the density is lower but the wind is typically stronger. Convection in the … Continue reading →

  The day bounces around from sun, to cloud, to rain, to hail, and back to sun. The sight and sound of hail falling on the Lake is magnificent. Depending upon the size of the hailstones, the sound ranges from … Continue reading →

  The title is not a typo: this is about a sky line, not a skyline. The last time I saw a nice example of this was three years ago: sky lines. This posting is an adaptation of what I … Continue reading →

  Two months ago, in winter tranquility, I noted that most treatments of the seasonal changes of beaches consider only those around oceans or flatland lakes, but ignore the rather different behaviour of mountain lakes. At the risk of whingeing, this … Continue reading →