September 19, 2011 3:39 P.M. “It was the best green flash I’ve ever seen” – Mila Zinkova, Santa Cruz, CA, January 29, 2006 I’ve written two entries on interesting phenomena that I’ve seen this summer. I have seen Kelvin-Helmholtz waves and a massive superior mirage, and you can see my posts on those. This year, […]
Tropical vs. Extratropical Cyclones
Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:05 P.M. I’m doing what would be Friday’s post today since I will hiking around Mt. Rainier tomorrow. We are now right at or just past the peak of hurricane season, and in a month or so, we should start seeing a more consistent flow of extratropical storms across the Pacific, […]