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Weather => General Weather Discussion => Topic started by: elagache on February 22, 2026, 12:25:32 AM

Title: Moods of the sky behind our weather instruments 2026
Post by: elagache on February 22, 2026, 12:25:32 AM

Dear WeatherCat faithful,

Apologies for not getting some sort of a photo on the WeatherCat forum.  Finally my free time overlapped this a pretty scene:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Weather/Sky-phenomena-behind-instruments-2026/i-pJqsKZF/0/NGJbFpDGgk6j2SQc9QNhkgr6CjLfdXWSh47w2pNxm/XL/Cloud%20lit%20by%20the%20setting%20sun%20behind%20anemometer-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Weather/Sky-phenomena-behind-instruments-2026/i-pJqsKZF/A)

We are about 2 weeks beyond the mid-point of winter in the northern hemisphere.  The good news is that the days are getting noticeably longer.  [cloudsun]  The bad news is that the start of daylight savings is not that far away!  [sleep]

Grin and bear it!  >:(

Edouard  :)

Title: March Equinox . . . (Re: Moods of the sky . . . 2026)
Post by: elagache on March 19, 2026, 07:29:23 PM

Dear WeatherCat observers of the season's turning,

Whatever the weather might be in your corner of the world, tomorrow is the March Equinox.  In the northern hemisphere that is supposed to usher in spring and in the southern hemisphere autumn.  Here is a webpage with the exact moment in your local time zone:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260320T1446&msg=March%20equinox%202026 (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260320T1446&msg=March%20equinox%202026)

I've been struggling with insomnia so my early rising just isn't happening anymore.  Still, I did manage to capture this image shortly after sunrise:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/Weather/Sky-phenomena-behind-instruments-2026/i-n7PJXkm/0/NWCthShj65Z7wdQMnpQgbnmVwMb3FK2BQQ45s5WZk/XL/Wispy%20clouds%20behind%20anemometer%20after%20sunrise-XL.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Nature/Weather/Sky-phenomena-behind-instruments-2026/i-n7PJXkm/A)

Note the spider web to the left of the anemometer.  This isn't the usual winter to spring transition that I would normally expect.

As if that wasn't enough of a "surprise," we are having our air conditioner tuned up on the last day of winter.  Enough said!!  (https://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/eek-sign.gif)

Edouard