December 2020
January 2nd
We report lenticular clouds, signaling mountain waves in the sky, which are a type of atmospheric stationary waves. The weather is windy and uncertain, not to imply that we are ever certain of anything.
January 1st
We report dawn after a long night. The snow is twinkling under the very first rays of light of the day, silence is washing over the country. We will be attempting to leave before we truly freeze over. We wish you a peaceful day and night.
January 4th
We report feathers of white ice spilled out across the sky, spreading outwards in the wind at high altitudes. Cirrus seem fitting on such a cold day.
January 3rd
We report a thick curtain of praecipitatio coming down from cumulonimbus. The humidity levels keep rising as the temperature keeps dropping - snow might be to expect, or maybe hail. At the very least, we expect rain. Maybe. Maybe not.
January 5th
We report: the high moisture content in this layer of the atmosphere reached the saturation point in slow increments. Our expert tells us that this is apparently all that clouds are; such a complicated and simple process at once.
January 7th
We report a Sun halo created by the light layer of cirrus in the atmosphere. We do not recommend staring at the Sun; we have, many times, attempted to observe optical effects near the Sun, and we will readily admit that it caused us regretful feelings most of these times.
January 6th
We report the Sun, cradled in the clouds, bathing them with golden light and shining through ice crystals. The weather may be freezing, but those Sun rays are warm enough to get us through it.
January 11th
We report that it just stopped snowing, but looking at the sky at the moment, we think that it might just start falling again very soon. We have nowhere in particular where we should be today, and so, really, we would not be bothered by more snow.
January 8th
We report a storm building menacingly in the sky, the water accumulating and weighing down the atmosphere at great heights; but we are under the impression that it will take more for it to break out. We have some time to anticipate the outpour.
January 9th
We report a high amount of nuclei condensation in the atmosphere today, bringing out only certain parts of the light spectrum into the sky. This is a sweet path into the night.
January 21st
We report a storm system rising up in the sky; sometimes, they form in the quietest of times. Everything seems to be far too tranquil for anything out of the ordinary to occur.
January 10th
We report that the atmospheric constituents are excited by disturbances in the magnetosphere resulting from solar winds, and so we are excited as well. Auroras are incredibly exciting.
January 12th
We report, coming in before a warm front, different types of cirrus occurring in different atmospheric layers. Cirrus temperatures will vary from -20°C to -30°C, and we are needlessly empathising with those frail structures for only knowing such cold.
January 13th
We report: today, the contrails stay frozen in the sky for long periods of time, just starting to fray at the end of the tail through the strong gusts of wind.
January 14th
We report, these days, daylight is slowly starting to nibble at the night, every day a little bit more. It is barely noticeable, but as we do stare quite a bit at the sky, we are taking note.
January 15th
We report: these birds are obviously migrating somewhere, although we do not know where, nor do we know what type of birds they are. We hope they find warmer skies, and for them to come back and visit us in the Summer.
January 16th
We report that most storms happen during the late afternoon, and so the light will often have yellow undertones even filtering through heavy clouds. We wonder at the type of colourful sunset that might be happening over this low layer of stormy weather.
January 17th
We report shreds of bright colours splattered across the sky. We walked briskly in the early morning in order to find the right spot to watch the sunrise, fully aware that the show would last but a few minutes. We know what is worth our time.
January 18th
We report: the lights are on for the night, somewhat faded behind a veil of rising humidity. We will keep an eye on them to make sure they do not disappear.
January 19th
We report a blue Winter sky; our expert calls this type of day a "Rayleigh day", from the name of the scattering that happens by nitrogen and oxygen molecules. We, personally, just really like the blue.
January 20th
We report, in this place, the rain has not let up all day. The Sun is just out of reach, its rays streaming in between two layers of cloud, but the humidity seems to be prevailing.
January 22nd
We report: we woke up at an odd time of the night and were unable to tell if it was closer to evening or morning for a long time. We drifted towards the windows and the city skies that never seem to fully meet the darkness.
January 23rd
We report Kelvin-Helmholtz fluctus on top of an arcus cloud. We are expecting a strong wind squall later on, but this unexpected wave pattern is making us want to stay close and keep watching, knowing that it will vanish very quickly.
January 24th
We report virga trails spreading all over the sky, or at least over the portion of the sky that we are watching, which is not actually the whole sky. It is very cold today.
January 25th
We report: we got away from the city to listen to the wind whistling through the trees. Up there, it seeped into the cirrocumulus and scattered them every which way, so naturally, we had to watch.
January 26th
We report: the Moon is partially veiled, but we know her to be close to full. We remember when we watched her around the same time last month, and do wonder as to where all that time went. The old snow on the ground has melted and frozen over many times since, forming a crust.
January 27th
We report that heavy fog had been pooling over this valley for days at this moment, and so we decided to head on over towards the mountains in order to see what the sky was up to in the meantime. Our conclusion is such: not much is going on, which is lovely.
January 28th
We report cumulus congestus developing upwards like a forest, convective energy bubbling and spilling over. There is only so high that this cloud will be able to rise, and we will be seeing it to the end.
January 29th
We report, today, in between long stretches of silence, the Sun began to emerge from behind the fog and the trees; although it was long after we had expected it, we felt like we were finally waking up from a long sleep.
January 30th
We report rain pouring down steadily throughout the day. We got much rain lately, feeding rivers and muddy tracks, sometimes obscuring the skies past midday.
January 31st
We report night shining clouds at twilight in the highest parts of our atmosphere. The phenomenon is very rare, and we appreciate it that much more for it.