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Storms Over Northern France

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Our flight back to the UK from DC arrived early in the morning. I was sitting by the window and looking at the clouds. Nancy looked over and asked if they were storm clouds since they had a similar shape. Initially I thought they were too small, but the shape was right. It turns out, she was spot on. They were storm clouds and they were large – just a long way away. In fact, they were over northern France. As soon as we landed, I looked at the weather radar, and the image below shows just what the residents of that area were experiencing. Amazing to realise just how far you can see when flying.

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Sometimes, the Morning Delivers

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As I emerged from Waterloo Station one morning heading to work, I was surprised to find that, unlike the forecast, there was a hint of rain in the air. I almost changed my plan to walk across the city and take the bus but, it wasn’t that bad and I decided to chance it. Thankfully, it wasn’t really that much rain and I needn’t have worried. More importantly, as I came on to Waterloo Bridge, I could see that the sun in the east was creating a rainbow above the city. Once I got onto the bridge properly, there was a cool view of the rainbow looking down towards Westminster. Commuters normally don’t take photos as they don’t want to look like tourists but, on this occasion, lots of people were stopping to take a shot of a cool view.

No Low Flying in These Valleys Today

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There were a couple of days while we were in the Lake District when the weather was misty. In some places, it burned off as the day warmed up but in others it lingered. The Lakes can be a popular place for low level flying by military jets but, when the mist stays, there is not going to be sufficient visibility to get down low and fast. While I might have liked to have some planes come through, the contrast with the lower parts of the valleys in the clear with the mist on the hills around was very appealing.

Misty Morning in the Neighbourhood

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Barton Meadows is part of my morning routine on many days and this blog pretty often too. One morning I headed across for a walk and there was plenty of low mist hanging in the air. Sections of my loop were shrouded in mist, and I wasn’t going to miss the chance to get some photos. I hope they convey a little of how great it felt when I was there that morning.

Rainbows Over the Sound

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In a previous post, I mentioned working from the car on the waterfront at Mukilteo. It was a lovely sunny day while I was there – at least for the most part. However, I did see a rain squall off in the distance across the water. It didn’t stay too far away for long and, at one point, I was sitting in the car as it was pelted with heavy raindrops. It didn’t last long but the rain, combined with the sun, did result in some rainbows over on the sound. Having recently posted photos of rainbows near the house, I seem to be on a bit of a rainbow theme. Here are some shots I took from the parking lot where I was working.

Rainbows Over the Neighborhood

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With the arrival of fall, we get rain showing up here in the Pacific Northwest.  However, we can also get some sun breaking through at the end of the day – a bit of a feature of Seattle weather. When you combine rain and sun, it’s time for a rainbow. Twice in recent weeks, I looked outside the house late in the afternoon and saw impressive rainbows.  The first time, I just grabbed some shots with my phone and stitched them together afterwards. The second time, I grabbed the main camera and took some better shots although the rainbow might not be quite so impressive.

There is something really cool about a rainbow. I may have seen loads of them over the years but they are still a little exciting!

A Short Time Between Two Visions

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It doesn’t take long for the weather to change in the Pacific Northwest.  One afternoon I got a couple of Cirrus Vision Jets into Boeing Field.  The weather was a bit overcast for one of them and then cleared up nicely by the time the second one showed up.  The result was a far nicer shot for the second jet than for the first.  It is amazing how quickly conditions can change and what a difference it can make to the images.

Downtown LA in the Gloom

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Work took me to Los Angeles a couple of times early in 2024.  On neither occasion did the weather do me many favors.  The second trip was very wet but the first was more gloomy than anything else.  As I was walking back to the hotel one evening after we had finished our work, I was taken by the way in which the skyscrapers were disappearing into the mist.  I only had my phone with me, but it does a decent job in lower light conditions.

Wind Damage in Juanita Bay Park

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We had some pretty stormy weather come through the Seattle area at the end of 2022.  When I took a walk through the park at Juanita, I drove past a tree hanging over one lane of the road.  Once I got to the park, there were trees down in places.  Even the parking lot was showing that it had been breezy with debris scattered across the road surface.  They cleaned things up pretty quickly but it had obviously been rather blowy.

Comparison of Cloud Formation and Development

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I may be stuck in the house during work hours but the view out of the window doesn’t have to be totally ignored.  We have had a bunch of changeable weather recently and I have been shooting time lapses of the clouds.  The M6 works well for this but I have been using my fisheye lens on the M adaptor to get a wide view of what is going on out there.  It has proved to be interesting as a review the footage later.  Some of the skies have lots of activity while others don’t.

Sometimes we get the winds pulling the clouds across the sky but the overcast is thick and the lack of heat on the ground means that the clouds are pretty stable.  On other days we get almost constant development and dissipation of the clouds.  We are on a hill so we can get quite localized development around us.  Sometimes you have lower level clouds going one way and higher level clouds heading somewhere else.

I put together a video that includes a variety of clips from these time lapses to show how different things can be on different days (or even at different times of the same day!).