Welcome to Part 4B. Here, we investigate the hottest Death Valley heat events from 1961 to 2017. The Cow Creek and Greenland Ranch stations closed… [Read More]
Archives for February 2018
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134F Temperature Record, Part 4A — 1931 to 1960 Heat Events
PART 4A— HISTORIC HEAT WAVES IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION 1931 to 1960 Part 4 became quite large, quite unwieldy. So, I decided to break… [Read More]
February 18, 2018 Palm Desert Lenticular Clouds
Late on this evening some interesting ACSL (altocumulus standing lenticular) clouds materialized above the Coachella Valley. They were nearly overhead here in Palm Desert…. [Read More]
February 9, 2018 San Nicolas Island Nick Crilley Canyon
It was a beautiful Friday for a hike on the island, so I biked on down to the north coast (dirt) highway, parked my… [Read More]
February 8, 2018 Fata Morgana — distorted SBI from SNI
“Fata Morgana” is, according to Wikipedia, “an unusual and complex form of superior mirage that is seen in a narrow band right above the… [Read More]