Category Archives: weather

Mentor passing

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Alistair

I hope that the handful of people who follow this blog will forgive me for wandering somewhat off topic. This website and its blog explore the natural world around Kootenay Lake. Other than to describe what I see, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Flotsam

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Alistair

As the Lake rises well above the levels of the previous few years, the shoreline is scoured of debris and the water becomes awash with logs, brush and junk. Speedboats must now travel with caution. But, the water birds seem … Continue reading →

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Flood crest

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Alistair

The late Jack Morris of Kaslo had a rule of thumb about high water on Kootenay Lake. He would watch a patch of snow on the mountainside and he claimed that the spring flood would crest just as that snow … Continue reading →

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Do, but don’t learn

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Alistair

Today there was a book launching in Nelson in a children’s series entitled: Learn and Do. The book, called Let’s Plant a Flower, is aimed at small children and encourages them to go outdoors and do just that. What can I … Continue reading →

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Rising water

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Alistair

Do birds react to a freshet? On April 24, this year’s freshet began on Kootenay Lake. The lake level had been declining during the winter as precipitation became locked in the mountains as snow. Now, driven by the melting of … Continue reading →

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Mimics

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Alistair

• April mimicked March. • April now departs. • Might May mimic June? Departing mallards mimic circumflexes.

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Guttation returns

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Alistair

You know the grass has started to grow when it displays guttation. Guttation is not dew. Dew results from the condensation of water vapour from the atmosphere and it forms small drops over the whole surface of a grass blade. … Continue reading →

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Yearning

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Alistair

OK, you have my permission to move on to the next season anytime now.

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Circumzenithal arc

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Alistair

Who can fail to love the circumzenithal arc? It is uncommon and it displays one of the purest colour spectra to be found in nature. More information about when and how the circumzenithal and circumhorizontal arcs form is found on … Continue reading →

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Fog fun

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Alistair

Recipe: take one cup of boiling water and throw it out in the cold. Steam fog is a favourite topic of the Kootenay Lake website. There is a page dealing with Steam fog over the Lake, one about Steam fog … Continue reading →

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