This is a GIF i exerpt from a time lapse video of the very beautiful Polar Stratospheric Clouds that was visible on the 12th of December 2019. This footage was taken by Photographer Göran Strand from Sweden between 13:40 and 14:39 UTC on 2019-12-31

CREDITS
Göran Strand
http://www.astrofotografen.se/

Link to original Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljrlBkJUl0

#space #earth #atmophere #clouds #weather #photography #science #physics #meteorology #nature #education

2026 August 2

A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
* Image Credit & Copyright: Christa Harbig

Explanation:
What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon. For a circumhorizontal arc to be visible, the Sun must be at least 58 degrees high in a sky where cirrus clouds present below -- in this case cirrus fibratus. The numerous, flat, hexagonal ice-crystals that compose the cirrus cloud must be aligned horizontally to properly refract sunlight in a collectively similar manner. Therefore, circumhorizontal arcs are somewhat unusual to see. The featured fire rainbow was photographed in 2021 near North Fork Mountain in West Virginia, USA.
https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/newton/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumhorizon_arc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_cloud
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/orplate.htm
https://www.colweather.org.uk/gal-clouds-cirrus.php#Cirrus%20fibratus
https://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/cha2.htm
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
https://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/platcol.htm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U98KPM2b9IA
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190519.html
https://i.pinimg.com/550x/81/21/c0/8121c0291fa14d1fe52b9eb007741cac.jpg
https://youtu.be/kROh8JwKnOk

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260802.html

#space #earth #atmophere #clouds #weather #photography #science #physics #meteorology #nature #education

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2026 August 2 Blue sky has white clouds across the top and dark tree tops across the bottom. Across the middle is a very colorful row of clouds that are wavy and are orange at the top and green at the bottom. A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia * Image Credit & Copyright: Christa Harbig Explanation: What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon. For a circumhorizontal arc to be visible, the Sun must be at least 58 degrees high in a sky where cirrus clouds present below -- in this case cirrus fibratus. The numerous, flat, hexagonal ice-crystals that compose the cirrus cloud must be aligned horizontally to properly refract sunlight in a collectively similar manner. Therefore, circumhorizontal arcs are somewhat unusual to see. The featured fire rainbow was photographed in 2021 near North Fork Mountain in West Virginia, USA. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy, Accessibility, Notices; A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.

‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
#Environment #ClimateChange #Heatwave #GlobalWarming #ClimateScience #FossilFuels #Wildfires #Science #Weather #GreenhouseGases #ExtremeWeather #Sustainability #ClimateAction
https://the-14.com/was-this-heatwave-caused-by-climate-change-were-asking-the-wrong-question/

Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html

#HamOnt

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FPCN11 CWTO 311930 Forecasts for Southern Ontario and the National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday 31 July 2026 for tonight Saturday and Saturday night. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 a.m. EDT Saturday. City of Hamilton. Tonight..Clear early this evening then partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers before morning. Low 18. Saturday..A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers. High 28. Humidex 33. UV index 9 or very high. Saturday night..Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm overnight. Low 18.

Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html

#HamOnt

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FPCN11 CWTO 311500 Forecasts for Southern Ontario and the National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada at 11:00 a.m. EDT Friday 31 July 2026 for today and Saturday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 3:30 p.m. EDT. City of Hamilton. Today..Sunny. High 29. Humidex 34. UV index 9 or very high. Tonight..Partly cloudy. Low 20. Saturday..A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers. High 28. Humidex 33. UV index 9 or very high.

I am sick of the #australian media playing #elnino down.

#Media around the world is reporting how bad it's going to be, and as it's record breaking it will most likely result in severe #weather disruption and perhaps even a #drought

But our media plays it down, it "might be a problem but we don't know".

If this was a low level event maybe. This won't miss us. #Physics #climatology

We're going to get slammed, but they know it will evoke talks of #climatechange and they don't want to hear it

Good morning tooters. It’s was a very cold frosty 🥶 morning today at -2c with a feels like of -4c & it certainly did feel that cold. Small black 🐀 💼 came & jumped on my bed during the night & curled into my back. Pretty good hot water bottle too. Larger 🐀 💼 stayed curled up in a corner of the lounge. As I’d been told to do when it’s really cold by the homeowner, I left the ducted heating on 16c all night just ticking over, so didn’t feel too cold when I got up at around 5.30am.
Just hanging around Chiltern today, might go & have a coffee out & a nice walk, but that’s it. My NZ friend heads down to Melbourne & the airport on the morning train tomorrow & I go home Sunday morning 😊.
I’ve been having some big thinks this morning - dangerous I know! I’ve been planning on a new ceiling fan in my bedroom for this coming summer as the old one doesn’t work very well anymore. Instead I’m going to call the local heating/cooling people to come out & give me a quote for a small split system for in there & to check out whether or not my old split system in the lounge needs upgrading or not. I want some information & things in place before the coming summer season hits.
Hope everyone has a fabulous #Friday stay nice & warm out there 🌻. #Weather #HouseSit #PetSit #Thinking #Planning

Happy #ThrowBackThursday !

Here's my images & poem "Monsoon". 3 photos & poetry describing the seasonal summer Monsoon here in #Tucson #Arizona USA. ©Carl R. Englander

#Weather #Monsoon #Lightning #Season #Poetry #Poem #PhotographersOfMastodon #NaturePhotography #Photography #Photo #Photographer #Color #Film #FujiFilm #Canon #Wild #Outdoors #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Mood

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My images & poem "Monsoon". Three photos with poetry describing the seasonal summer Monsoon here in #Tucson Arizona USA. Here are the words to my poem named Monsoon. "Blinding sunshine. Billowing clouds. A flash in the distance. Silence. Another flash. Another & another light the sky, Like giant torches flickering in the night. A hush over the land Changes to a whisper Blowing in the breeze, growing & Graduating into wind. The wind swirls the trees & dust. Flashes grow brighter. The rumbles swallow the land. Portending the coming attraction." ©2000 Carl R. Englander

Weather forecast for today is completely insane.

It's now 23° in the morning.
It's expected to reach 36° in 6 hours.
Then down to 22° 8 hours later (storm coming in).
And then 17° tomorrow morning.

I don't live in a desert. I live on the coast in Northern Europe. +13° rise in 6 hours followed by -19° drop in 12 hours is like nothing I ever heard of.

#weather #climate

Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html

#HamOnt

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FPCN11 CWTO 301500 Forecasts for Southern Ontario and the National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada at 11:00 a.m. EDT Thursday 30 July 2026 for today and Friday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 3:30 p.m. EDT. City of Hamilton. Today..Sunny. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon. High 28. Humidex 31. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight..Clear. Fog patches developing overnight. Low 13. Friday..Sunny. A mix of sun and cloud late in the afternoon with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm late in the afternoon. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. High 28. Humidex 33. UV index 9 or very high.

Our Lady Lyndsay of The Satellite & The Radar says, “17C Feels Like 16C with bushy Lit Banana Custard’d skies on Our! horizons, rn.”

#Weather #Nature #Photography

Current #Weather forecast for Hamilton, Ontario
https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/on-77_metric_e.html

#HamOnt

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FPCN11 CWTO 300900 Forecasts for Southern Ontario and the National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada at 5:00 a.m. EDT Thursday 30 July 2026 for today and Friday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 11:00 a.m. EDT. City of Hamilton. Today..Sunny. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 27. Humidex 30. UV index 8 or very high. Tonight..Clear. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 13. Friday..Sunny. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. High 28. Humidex 33. UV index 9 or very high.

Hurricane Genevieve, Typhoon Dolphin spin in the Pacific as Fausto eyes Hawaii from a distance

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-genevieve-typhoon-dolphin-spin-in-pacific-as-fausto-eyes-hawaii-from-a-distance/1915793/

#HurricaneGenevieve #Typhoon #weather

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Hurricane Genevieve, Typhoon Dolphin spin in the Pacific as Fausto eyes Hawaii from a distance https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-genevieve-typhoon-dolphin-spin-in-pacific-as-fausto-eyes-hawaii-from-a-distance/1915793/ #HurricaneGenevieve #Typhoon #weather

We need the rain here in Sandy, and the partial rainbow was a nice touch. #SandyUT #weather #WasatchFront

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The mountains seen from the front of our house. This was after quite a nice rainstorm, and a partial rainbow is visible at the left just above the mountains.

Scotland has enjoyed some dry and, for us, hot weather, with temps in the mid to high twenties. But the media habit of constantly referring to a UK heatwave when we’ve had wind and intermittent rain for the past week or so has irritated me. As usual, the UK doesn’t seem to extend to Scotland. So this morning, when the Guardian ran a piece asking how readers are being affected by the heatwave, I submitted a response saying “Hardly at all”.
#Media #Weather

Japan swelters through rising heat – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/jul/22/japan-swelters-through-rising-heat-in-pictures

#Japan #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave

The special #weather statement warning regarding possible heavy rains (100mm !) is still up, but the radar looks like the threat is somewhat diminished at this point.

A big system - Boston, NYC, Washington are all getting more of this than we are, I suspect.

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A weather-radar overlay on the map of North Eastern North America shows a long multi-tendrilled storm headed east

phew, I was worried we'd have to go 24 hours without a severe storm with torrential rain, large hail, and damaging winds.

#yegWX #abstorm #weather #weatherWarning

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screenshot of Environment Canada's weather website. Hourly Forecast - Edmonton [orange banner] ORANGE WATCH - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12:46 PM MDT Tuesday 28 July 2026 Impact Level: High Forecast Confidence: High Severe thunderstorms are possible in the Edmonton area late this afternoon and this evening. The main hazard is torrential rain on top of already saturated ground, though any severe storm will carry the risk of large hail and damaging winds. Travel delays and/or cancellations are possible. Driving conditions may be difficult. Utility outages are possible. Be prepared for severe weather. If threatening weather approaches, take cover in a basement or interior room. If outside, protect yourself from flying debris and hail. When thunder roars, go indoors! Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Don't drive through flooded roadways. Heavy rain can cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility. Strong wind gusts can damage trees, buildings and overturn vehicles. Large hail can cause significant damage and injury. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.qc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm. In effect for: + City of Edmonton - St. Albert - Sherwood Park

Finally some rain moving through. #weather

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Binghamton weather radar.

It feels like 124°F/51°C at the theater. We can cook eggs on the asphalt soon.

#weather #heatwave

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The forecast for Sappington, MO

You can literally feel the air outside. It's thick and wet. It's going to get a few degrees hotter by mid afternoon. It's fucking miserable right now. We have the AC turned up to 78°F to conserve a little power while we're gone but all the fans are on moving air for pets so we're probably not saving much electricity.

It's currently 95°F/35°C with a feels like with humidity temperature of 117°F/47°C.

#today #weather #heatwave

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The forecast for my town of Arnold showing a temperature of 95°F with a feels like of 117°F.

Apocalyptic video of forest fires in Spain.

Canada and France are burning too.

It's truly depressing, our politicians are busy helping orange shitler and Netanyahu destroy the world and act like global heating and climate catastrophe is not important enough to put all their energy and resources on.

Over 25000 people evacuated in France, Madrid is dangerously close to be burned and 100s of . millions of trees burned down across the globe.

As if our pollution wasn't enough,we are loosing our valuable trees too.

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#ForestFire #France #Spain #Canada #globalHeating #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateChange #weather #Environment #DoSomething

7am, piping-hot cup of mocha, opened the front door, very misty outside and drizzling rain but kind of nice as the sun rises (9.6c so not overly freezing), magpies are doing their morning warbling across the park next to my place.. will be staying in my dressing-gown & pjs for a while today I think..

Morning Mastodon 👋 ☕

#Adelaide #Weather #Rain #Misty #Magpies