Clouds and Sky

Most recent are at the top: Click photo for a larger version.

Lenticular, roll, and cellular cloud pictures from the North entrance to Leifson Physics at 6 pm LDT 19 April 2026. The sounding is from around 5 pm LDT. Click images for a larger version

Looking South. Note the river of cloud free air. 		Looking west. Note the rippled clouds on the left and the cellular clouds further to the right, and the location of the sun.


Incredibly delicate cellular clouds looking to the North. Click this image to see the details.
See the high resolution version also.

 

Satellite imagery 1st and 2nd April 2026. Lee waves, convection, and interpretation of IR and visible wavelength imagery.

 

Weather and Climate Dec 2025 - Feb 2026 : Analysis for a very warm, weird, western winter.

See: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202602

 

Monday March 9th Lee wave clouds and contrails. Upper level water vapor and wind, stable layer.

 

Turbulent cloud, hole in cloud, and lenticular cloud, 8:45 am LST UNR campus looking south. Presention also. A dog and bird sketch can be seen in the first image. Click on image for larger version.

 

Lee wave clouds with embedded gravity waves and Kelvin Helmholtz instability clouds (zoom the 4th image). 2/1/2026 from Rancho San Rafael Park, West Entrance. Click images for larger view. This first image shows solar corona and cloud irridescence.

 

Haze associated with the morning inversion on 19 November 2025, looking ESE from North McCarran by Rancho San Rafael Park. First freeze also. Click the photo for a larger version.

 

Mountain lee wave clouds (not 2025, but excellent video).

Kelvin Helmholtz Cloud and contrails on 6 November 2025, photographed from the Desert Research Institute by me. Click images for larger version.

 

Garnet fire GOESatellite imagery from 9/7/2025. (GIF image made at COD).

Hot air balloon lit up by its fire at the Reno balloon races on 9/6/2025. Sunrise and 12Z sounding.

 

Cumulonimbus cloud east of Reno on 9/5/2025. The lightning was obtained after sunset and is partially blocked by a cloud.

 

Rainbow 24 Aug 2025 19:24 LDT from NW Reno. The right photo was taken with a polarizer in front of the camera lens. Alexander's dark band is noticeable between the primary and secondary rainbow. The primary shows supernumary arcs.

 

Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Cloud 22 Aug 2025 13:57 LDT Reno UNR campus. A distant Kelvin-Helmholtz instability Mountain Wave cloud is on the bottom left.

 

Cirrus uncinus clouds "Curly hooks" on 22 Aug 2025 around 11:00 LDT near Rancho San Rafael Park.