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Thanks for the nice pics! (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2015, 10:09:00 PM »
Thanks for the nice pictures everybody!  [tup]

Keep them coming!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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More fiery skies . . . (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2015, 11:32:52 PM »
Dear WeatherCat shutterbugs, . . .

The bad news is that we are back in drought mode once more . . . .

The good news is that the sky conditions are ideal for the sort of fiery sky photography that I enjoy taking.  Here is 4 examples from this morning:









This afternoon a dry front passed over us resulting in very grey and gloomy skies.  I snapped this photo of a birch tree against a a cloud-shrouded sun:



That's your Orinda winter "pic fix" for a while!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2015, 12:04:24 PM »
Groan. Of course, we are now all expecting a suitably winterish weather station pic from you Reinhard  [bounce]

Here you are:
(F?hnstorm, plus 14,2? Celsius, I don't remember this "heat" here in my village ever before, in other years the garden is buried under some inches of snow at this time)

Reinhard


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Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2015, 02:55:19 PM »
Snow is melting at my house as well.  Had 9.5" of snow on the ground and now just 3" - 6" lost in 5 days.  Usually snow sticks around till the March melt.  Now I am asking myself why did I get the snow blower out and plow everything out

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I HATE arctic oscillations! (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2015, 10:24:27 PM »
Dear Reinhard, Jeff, and WeatherCat climate watchers,

*Heavy Sigh*, I turned on the only automated sprinkler system I have managed to get installed - in January!?!?  ???

We are back to that darn blocking high pressure ridge, and just like last year, it is pushing the jet stream way up into the arctic so that you guys in the Midwest and eastern seaboard of the United States are getting blasted with really cold air.  Oddly, the 6-10 day prediction from the NWS Climate Predication Center is still for above normal rainfall, even the current forecast models aren't agreeing with that.

Oh well, hope the long term climate predictions really do pan out otherwise it is . . . . . .

Oh well, . . . .

Edouard

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More subtle shades of dawn . . . (Re: Pictures of winter . . . .)
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2015, 11:35:11 PM »
Dear WeatherCat shutterbugs, . . .

The conditions have turned more foggy in Orinda and that leads to a different effect at dawn.  The sky becomes more subtle:



Still, there is a hint of drama:



Here is one more of the wider view taken a bit later this morning:



That's your "moods of the sky around the anemometer" photo fix for the week!  :D

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Clouds from storm to the south. (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2015, 11:16:10 PM »
Dear WeatherCat Shutterbugs,

Still no rain around here, but the storm that got the stars going to the Oscars a bit damp has been spinning clouds to the north.  There was some interesting shapes to the clouds.  This cloud started like this:



In about 15 minutes, it was looking like this:



I managed to snap one more picture of it before it fell apart:



It isn't rain, but at least it is aesthetically appealing.

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2015, 01:25:14 AM »
Edouard, Interesting clouds.  Every once in a while I get similar clouds here in Colorado with the mountains and high westerly winds.

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Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2015, 01:52:34 AM »
Clouds show a pattern that might be a standing wave pattern. Pretty neat.

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Don't forget to share! (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2015, 10:29:47 PM »
Dear HantaYo, LesCimes, and WeatherCat cloud watchers,

Glad you'all found them interesting.

Every once in a while I get similar clouds here in Colorado with the mountains and high westerly winds.

 ;) . . . . Well, . . . . next time you see them, don't forget your camera and especially don't forget to share!  [biggrin]

Cheer, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .
« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2015, 02:54:30 AM »
I tracked down some similar images.  Both the same cloud formation but at different time of the day.  Seems like it was around for several hours.



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Beautiful! (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #26 on: February 26, 2015, 01:09:13 AM »
Dear HantaYo and WeatherCat shutterbugs,

I tracked down some similar images.  Both the same cloud formation but at different time of the day.  Seems like it was around for several hours.

Beautiful!   [bounce] Thanks for sharing!  [tup]

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Two more fiery sunrises (Re: Pictures of winter in Orinda . . . .)
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2015, 11:04:58 PM »
Dear WeatherCat Shutterbugs, . . . . 

The days are getting longer and the sun is moving north in the sky.  Soon I won't be able to take these fiery sunrise pictures anymore.  However, here are two more before the season ends.   The earlier picture is more fiery:



The photo a little later this morning is more of a traditional just before sunrise sort of photo:



Alas, the "red sky at morning" forecast isn't panning out, the drought continues . . .

Oh well, . . . . Edouard

P.S. Both photos were underexposed by 1/3 EV and had the Canon EOS 70D HDR setting of 3 EV.