Posts Tagged clouds


  • Mt Taranaki Kármán Vortex street - June 22nd, 2009 , Written By: Chris Noble | 3 Comments

    • MetService weather forecasters naturally spend a lot of time looking at satellite imagery and every so often are treated to some fascinating cloud patterns in the airflows around New Zealand. One pattern I’ve always liked seeing is the Kármán Vortex street, most frequently observed near our shores to the west of the North Island, generated [...]

  • Asperatus? - June 4th, 2009 , Written By: Bob McDavitt | 5 Comments

    • A call for a new name for a variety of cloud.

  • Red sky at night… - May 28th, 2009 , Written By: Ross Marsden | No Comments

    • Red sky at night, Shepherd’s delight. Red sky in the morning, Sailor’s warning. I’m not going to argue about shepherds and sailors; that’s not important here. The questions are: “Is it a useful saying? Does is work? If it works, why?” And, “Why is the sky blue?”

  • Regional Cloudscapes - May 4th, 2009 , Written By: Ross Marsden | 2 Comments

    • Clouds. When I’m away from home in various parts of the country I am always interested in the cloudscapes I find there. The thing is that they are often typical of that region and different from other regions. This may seem obvious and trivial, however it is interesting to consider the influences that contribute to [...]

   

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