Category Archives: weather

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 →

Peter Bartl is a friend who lives on the high ground of Balfour. Knowing of my interest in things meteorological, he asked: Why do we … above Balfour, have so much more snow than everybody else along the West Arm … as … Continue reading →

Who ever notices a mirage on the Lake? Once I took pictures of mirages at the Coast and then included them in an article. A reader responded that everyday for years she went for a walk along the beach, but … Continue reading →

Has the City of Nelson taken to imploring the Great Goddess of Weather to send no further snow for this winter? It might seem so: Arlene Anderson spotted this sign lying in the snow of Lakeside Park. Its message, to stay … Continue reading →

Meteorological optics have long been a passion of mine: rainbows, haloes, coronae, glories, sylvanshine, mirages, crepuscular rays, twilight, anti–twilight arch, the green flash, and many more. These are some of the things I have seen and photographed elsewhere. Alas, a … Continue reading →

Winter brings stratus to Kootenay Lake; stratus brings skies of slate. If the cloud breaks up at dawn or dusk, the low Sun may splash the slate with fire. Such was case Christmas morn—supplemented by reflections off the lake.

As much as I enjoy Kootenay Lake, I must admit that living at the bottom of a deep valley has a disadvantage: I cannot see the green flash from home. I have seen the green flash many times from elsewhere, … Continue reading →

Snow falls off trees (move cursor over image; wait; move cursor off image; repeat).

The outbreak of cold air following a cold front set the stage for today’s events. the Lake had: Steam fog—a crowd of evanescent sprites that raced across the water surface. Steam devils—whorl winds that towered over the fog (same link … Continue reading →