Occasional musings on meteorology and other bits of Earth science
I’ll be teaching simple atmospheric dynamics to a class of (mostly) second-years in the coming semester. For this, it is nice to have a good supply of weather charts of Britain and NW Europe. I’m getting my ducks in line because it is more fun than starting on the big pile of exam marking thatContinue reading Mapping the weather
Visiting my native village (Helsby, Cheshire) over the holidays and continuing to find myself spotting examples of cross-bedding. This is Triassic sandstone, laid down in a desert environment, so the cross-bedding is quite large: the little flashlight is 9.5cm long. Helsby Hill is the type location for this formation: the Helsby sandstone formation, part ofContinue reading Back home on the Triassic sandstone
As noted in a previous post, I have dragged myself into this decade; replacing my old feature phone with an Android smartphone. This was not out of geek enthusiasm or the result of a shopping frenzy; I hate shopping. It was because I managed to lose my old phone, so I had to get aContinue reading Old codger meets new technology
It’s a nice skyfull of altocumulus, but neither that or the row of Leeds chimmney pots are the reason why I did battle with the camera app on my new smartphone. What caught my eye was the contrail, and the vortex rings which seemed to be dropping off its lower edge. Unfortunately, the camera didn’tContinue reading Contrails and smokerings
