Usually we see a cloudless, deep blue sky over us.
Blue sky over lead lettuce fields |
On a rare occasion, when very humid air moves in
on a cold night we get thick fog
Fog over the desert landscape |
and when those clouds show up it warns us about
windy days are ahead
Fibratus clouds |
A few days ago the sky looked like this:
Cirrus and Cirrostratus drawn out into long, fine filaments called
"Fibratus" I read on a page called "Cloud Appreciation Society"
that that they are high, ice-crystal clouds.
Ominous dark clouds rolled in during my morning walk. A weather front moving in
Dixie seems to watch the clouds too
Dixie on alert |
Most interesting, for a short while there were
so called "Mammatus clouds" forming overhead.
They seemed to let go rain which never reached the ground.
Mammatus clouds over the irrigation canal |
The drama lasted only for a short while.
An hour later the front
had moved on and the sun was shining partially, albeit the wind had picked up quite a bit.
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Some photos of birds I recently saw in the area.
High up on a power pole sat a Turkey Vulture sunning itself.
A pair of Red-tailed Hawks |
Red-tailed Hawk |
On my way to town I spotted Burrowing Owls enjoying the sun as well.
roll down the window and take
a closer look.
Burrowing Owl, close up |
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