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Post by firebird1988 on May 19, 2021 8:17:12 GMT -5
 Thick marine layer this morning |
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Post by Morningrise on May 19, 2021 11:51:35 GMT -5
A large wildfire burning just outside of Prince Albert, the 3rd largest city in Saskatchewan (about 150km northeast of Saskatoon). Hot temperatures, high winds, and extreme drought are not a good combination. There have been evacuations from certain neighbourhoods and 9000 homes are currently without power. Thankfully it seems to be moving away from the city at the moment. Damn, that's not good. Seems like there's a very extensive wildfire in Manitoba too. Yeah, a good chunk of the prairies is in a severe drought right now, so these recent hot and windy conditions have been prime for wildfire spread. Luckily some cooler and potentially wetter weather is on the way in the coming days. |
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Post by ral31 on May 19, 2021 19:07:08 GMT -5
Storm clouds this afternoon.  |
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Post by srfoskey on May 19, 2021 20:39:15 GMT -5
I went storm chasing with a few friends in central Kansas back on Saturday, May 8. We didn't see any tornadoes, but we saw some cool storm structure. This first pic is from the highway on the way out.  |
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Post by Moron on May 20, 2021 5:55:11 GMT -5
Hike and Wild Camp, May 19th-20th 2021. Weather - best station is Gooseberry Hill. This place was wayyyy more sheltered so expect a low closer to 9-10C. 19th: Max: 22.8C partly cloudy day clearing around sunset. 20th: Max: 23.6C, Min: 12.6C sunny, morning valley fog Trail    New Tent (had to peg on a mix of moss and hard rocks which is why it's not fully tought because I couldn't find my sleeping mat)  Staying warm after sunset  View this morning from next to my tent Around 7am with full fog   |
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Post by firebird1988 on May 20, 2021 9:34:30 GMT -5
 Marine layer in the high desert! |
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Post by Strewthless on May 20, 2021 10:30:34 GMT -5
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Post by aabc123 on May 20, 2021 14:41:36 GMT -5
It was cool and cloudy, it rained in the late afternoon and evening. The lake in the evening during the rain.  But these yellow plants smell pleasantly and look nice even on a cloudy day, not to mention a sunny and warm day.   |
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Post by rozenn on May 20, 2021 17:59:09 GMT -5
Absolutely jarring images from the Canadian Prairies and New Jersey. Drought is an abomination. Last summer killed a birch tree in my parents' backyard. I'd also wager about 50% of the spruces in lowland northern France have died since last summer. Some spots look like spruce cemetaries. It's good that they're not native so not that widespread but there were still some plantations here and there. Anyway skies have been really pretty lately apart from today's ugly warm front overcast crap. Cold altitude air in the warmer half of the year almost always leads to nice convective skies. Here are some pics from yesterday:  Same spot on vid; love the chant of crickets. What period of the year do they sing where you are? Nimbocumulus. Nimbocumulus everywhere.  Left  Right  Ahead  You can see smoke rising from the asphalt after each shower. Not really obvious from the photo but oh well...  Doesn't look like much but I got serious hail under this one.  After the downpour, congestus clouds ready to develop into cb's as well. Such is the endless cycle of life. <333   Got only rain under this one. It managed to cool the temp down to 8°C though:    In contrast to that, today's featureless gray skies were depressing. Absolutely nightmarish weather for May: overcast, windy, cool and dry.   I'm sure the shade from street trees will come in handy at some point this summer though.  It's paulownia season in gay Paree.  |
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Post by tommyFL on May 20, 2021 20:11:49 GMT -5
This evening in downtown Stuart  |
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Post by rozenn on May 21, 2021 8:17:30 GMT -5
As I had a lot of time on my hands I recently travelled to the Riviera driving on backroads. The nature is gorgeous this time of year. Stopping in the cute town of Annecy The day after in the mountains at dawn. |
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Post by longaotian on May 22, 2021 0:26:48 GMT -5
Foliage peaking   |
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Post by Strewthless on May 22, 2021 16:10:55 GMT -5
Sunniest day of the week, but a really weak high of just 12C.  |
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Post by FrozenI69 on May 24, 2021 10:35:34 GMT -5
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Post by rozenn on May 24, 2021 14:06:47 GMT -5
Some pics from Normandy in the Cherbourg area this weekend. The port of St Vaast la Hougue:  |
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Post by FrozenI69 on May 25, 2021 9:32:24 GMT -5
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Post by Morningrise on May 25, 2021 10:32:20 GMT -5
Went for a nice long walk yesterday evening. It was 10C and drizzling at the time these were taken, right on the tail end of the rain storm. We received 33.0mm altogether, our first real proper rainy day in over 8 months and our first day with over 10mm of rain in nearly 9 months, and it felt absolutely amazing.  |
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Post by Strewthless on May 25, 2021 13:19:22 GMT -5
Some flowers that are currently in bloom.  Overall, it looks like summer, but certainly doesn't feel like it yet.  |
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Post by flamingGalah on May 27, 2021 12:57:25 GMT -5
Stuck in quarantine, but at least I have a garden I can go into & as it was a nice day I decided to mow the lawn. So nice to be surrounded by so much greenery & it's a novelty to even see grass, let alone cut it.  |
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Post by Strewthless on May 27, 2021 13:20:52 GMT -5
First day above 20C since March!  The ducks were enjoying it  Nice spot to have a garden.  We took a walk in the woods.  No idea who this was, but he was a cool dude, so we hung out with him for a while. What variety of mushroom is this? Obligatory vantage point shots. Clouds were nice and fluffy.  |
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