SkyWatch Friday #46 ~ Weather Skies

Since I arrived back on Haida Gwaii the weather has been cold, wet and windy.  I have been away long enough that it is taking me a while to re-acclimatize to coastal weather.

Our long weekend, the Victoria Day long weekend was stormy and cold but as usual the weather cleared after everyone went back to work and school.  The winds persisted after the skies cleared and the gulls were taking full advantage.

The cirrus clouds, which form above 23,000 ft or 8,000 m are an advant of changing weather, often stormy!

Later in the day these little puffy clouds known as Altocumulus (developing over 6,000 ft or 2,000 m.) showed up.

And then the big guys(stratocumulus forming below 6,000 ft or 2,000 m) moved in!

However by dusk any threat of bad weather was heading to the main land.

      And dusk (11 p.m.) was promising a nice tomorrow!

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SkyWatch Friday ~ Memories

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I am off on a 5,500 km (3500 mi) road trip tonight beginning with an 8 hour ferry ride so this morning has been spent walking the beach and spit for the last time until April.

The day could not have been more beautiful with drama in the sky and on the beach. When you live by the sea it is hard to leave it.
But I am going to visit family and to await the arrival of my first grand child.

So I will hold these wonderful vistas and memories until I return in the spring.
And maybe one day I can share this beautiful place with my Grandson.

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My World Tuesday ~ Looking Away

It's below zero this morning and the roads are black ice so I'm grounded. I am housesitting in Tlell, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, located on the east coast of Graham Island which is the largest of the more than 150 islands and islets which make up this archipelago. All that to say there are beautiful sunrises on this side of the island! Too often the rush in the morning is to get out and capture the sunrise which is great but not often enough do I look around me to see the beauty the rising sun bestows on the rest of the earth. So this morning when I walked the beach I walked away from the sunrise. Ahead of me to the north the morning sun emblazens the the dune cliffs at the mouth of Tlell River. To the east the cold temperature and clear skies has created a temperature inversion and something known as Fata Morgana which allows you to see the mountains of mainland British Columbia some 90 km away which because of the curve of the earth you can not usually see. I don't understand it entirely but I know that it usuaully only happens on cold clear winter days.(Click on the photo to see the mainland mountains.)

When I look back the soft colours of the November dawn highlight the beauty of the beach

and the dune grasses to the west.

Looking for Marley, I find him waiting on a piece of beach sculpture, blending in.Walking back along the edge of the tideline. These are moments I will remember.

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SkyWatch Friday ~ Sea and Sky

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I never tire of the turbulent skies and seas of late autumn on Haida Gwaii
and as I prepare to leave for the winter

I can't seem to get enough of them.Every time I walk the beach I am humbled by the beauty of the sky

and the sea.

Update: First snow this morning!

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