flying dog Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Nowadays you can get weather reports for your suburb, which is kind of nice but I saw something today that has me confused. The forecasts include temperature, clouds, pressure, precipitation and so on. How can you have RAIN when the CLOUDS are CLEAR? If there are any clouds I can get that you can get rain falling from them and if "unlucky" (or lucky) it falls in the sensor, and so you are told of rain in the area. But when it says CLOUDS: CLEAR and shows RAIN I don't understand. Even if they weren't "real time" and from .... 20 minutes ago..... How can you have RAIN if the sky is CLEAR? I don't know if that is rhetorical or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 You can have rain fall in a clear area as it descends from clouds that are a considerable distance away. If there's strong winds where the rain if falling, the winds can carry the rain quite a distance. This phenomenon is often called "sunshowers". You can also have rain fall from clouds as they dissipate. The French have a name for rain from a cloudless sky - "Serein". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying dog Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Ok, thanks. I guess that does make sense in most ways. I guess I am just getting caught up on the small things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 It's good to have a very thorough understanding of weather, too many people have died because of their lack of understanding of weather conditions, and adverse signs in the sky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 With weather, it's better to be a LIVE Coward than a dead Hero. I'm living testimony to that. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I,m going to ' sit & watch ' T V . As this Cold weather is playing hell with my asthma. Do l , hate winter, I would travel to the other side of the world to get a warmer temperature . spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Darwin is far enough. Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 51 minutes ago, spacesailor said: I,m going to ' sit & watch ' T V . As this Cold weather is playing hell with my asthma. Do l , hate winter, I would travel to the other side of the world to get a warmer temperature . spacesailor You need to move up here to gods own country..we have about a week of 5 deg or 7 deg then its warmer every day :)..just need aircon for summer 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Speaking of WX; this recent AvWeb article is a good read (needs some down-under adjustment, of course) Weather Deconstructed As a kid, did you ever take something apart to see how it worked? Let’s do that with the atmosphere to better understand it. By Tim Vasquez Published:May 30, 2022 https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/risk-management/weather-deconstructed/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Kyle I tried , but didn,t WIN, the " mater prize home lottery ". On Brirdie island. LoL spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tuncks Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Was that Bribie island you meant Space? I have the distinction of capsizing a sailboat in Pumice Passage which is near there. In 4kts wind.... that took some serious bad sailing. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Yes Bribie Island, moreton bay . Nice house in a nice location, it Would have been a great ' Diamond Anniversary ' present. Never mind , I'll Try in a couple of months for my 80 th birthday pressie !.LoL spacesailor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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