October 2020
October 2nd
We report that there is a science to the beauty of sunsets, but we wonder if it is one that we necessarily ought to understand. Perhaps it is one of these things we should simply share without knowing what makes them so touching; perhaps we should just be grateful for it.
October 1st
We report a sunny day over the cold sea. Our expert tells us that this is advection fog rising up to the cliffs and the land. Depending on how humid the air will get, this might very well turn into a cloudy day. We do not mind either way.
October 4th
We report cirrocumulus stratiformis undulatus mamma, which we swear we did not get our expert to write for us. The North winds have been digging into the clouds and forming strange shapes that have already started dissipating.
October 3rd
We report: this storm was carrying quite the weight, it is a good thing that we were able to find a roof before the sky opened up and let out all that water. The air is saturated with humidity, and the day was so dark that it felt like the sun had only managed to rise halfway.
October 5th
We report that our expert told us Mars would be closer to Earth than it will be for the next fifteen years, but we are not really seeing much of anything tonight; let alone a planet whose light takes more than four minutes to reach us.
October 7th
We report dense clouds, solid and flimsy at once. You could not punch these clouds if you tried. That is not to say we tried, because we did not. What would we look like, if we had tried, right? Right.
October 6th
We report that the sky felt very big today; we are not sure what was different from usual. We walked under blue skies for hours and got lost, but this is an extremely common occurrence.
October 11th
We report that, as we get further and further into the cold season, it becomes easier to blink and miss the disappearance of the Sun; the Moon becomes our best companion when the skies are clear enough to allow it.
October 8th
We report, in the wake of the pouring rain, we stand in this golden light. It is definitely freezing, but it's hard to remember why we would want to move away from the spectacle.
October 9th
We report cirrus fibratus with hints of a vertebratus variety. It is likely the wind swept over and under the cirrus, bending it to make it look this way. These long fibers of ice are going to keep spreading out slowly, and we will keep watching.
October 21st
We report: this Moon is 5.6 days old and it is 23% visible today. The wind speed is 11 knots, the temperature is 13°C and feels like 9°C. The wind direction is 195°. There are 50% of low-level clouds and 10% of mid-level clouds. We wish you a beautiful day.
October 10th
We report that we have attempted to catch sight of the blue sky all day long with no success; tonight, it still feels like we are looking at the sunset through curtains, but we will try again tomorrow, for we are nothing if not patient.
October 12th
We report ink spills high up in the clouds. Our expert affirms that it will not change the colour of the rain, but we will wait and see for ourselves.
October 13th
We report a day full of sunlight and hailstones, no transitions between the two, barely enough time to even see the weather change.
October 14th
We report light skimming the edges of clouds. We do not know where or when this happened, but this is an event of extremely high importance. Thank you for your attention.
October 15th
We report, after hours of walking across the countryside, our cheeks red from the cold wind, the Sun is giving us a few last rays and it is time for us to take our leave.
October 16th
We report, on this present day, we were fully prepared to spend some time looking at the Moon; however, our expert just took a few seconds to consult their calendar and announced that tonight is the new Moon. Perhaps they could have had a look a little bit earlier. Perhaps so.
October 17th
We report: today, the sky and the sea met in a quiet embrace. Nothing could be heard for hours but the swell of the waves against the shore.
October 18th
We report that we hope to remember this sky on hard days; we drew the outlines of these clouds in the front of our mind, and maybe we will be able to suspend the memory of how the air felt like at that moment.
October 19th
We report this one moment on a cloudy day when the Sun finds a way through the clouds; you either have to look for it, or you stumble upon it by chance. Our expert will not tell us which of these options happened to them today.
October 20th
We report that, in the same way many good cakes have layers, so do many good clouds.
October 22nd
We report cumulonimbus capillatus with dissipating incus as a result of encountering a polar maritime air mass.
October 23rd
We report cumulus humilis, generally known as good weather clouds. We do not want to go against the grain with this, but we have heard the weather might be pretty mitigated tomorrow. We just do not know where.
October 24th
We report the end of a long night. The thing is, there is another long night coming. And then another one. Maybe even longer, in fact. Until the Winter solstice, patience is required.
October 25th
We report high tidal coefficients, and strong winds carrying sea-spray. After being exposed to those conditions, our expert firmly believes the best course of action is having a cup of tea, and quite possibly a nap. We do agree that it feels right.
October 26th
We report: apparently, the sky is always the sky, no matter the colours, no matter the shapes, no matter the time of day. We do not know what to do with this particular observation, and perhaps we did not need to share it, but our expert pressured us into doing it.
October 27th
We report places where the sky never gets completely dark, the horizon always caught in mists of light.
October 28th
We report a cumulonimbus praecipitatio. In simple terms, what this cloud means is that rain is going to be situated above our head in a difficult to estimate, but surely quite short amount of time. It is going to rain.
October 29th
We report complex skies that are short-lived landscapes of their own, nonsensical in their perspectives and movements.
October 30th
We report frost-covered fields as the Sun rises later in the mornings. It is a peaceful time out there.
October 31st
We report a day full of sun showers, the wind carrying raindrops across miles over the mountains. The air smells fresh and clean, and the sound of the rain comes and goes.