Cloud Data: Nov 1-7, 2015
James P. Ascher
Posted on 11 Nov 2015
Cloud Data: Nov 1-7, 2015
| Serial | Scheduled | Observed | Present | Location | Observations | Conditions |
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| 1.1:1 | 2015-11-01T03:23-05 | JA, RC | Little High, bedroom | No clouds visible, dark & few stars visible, possibly because of the street lights. | Observed from bed at approximate time, street lights & plate glass window. Somewhat hungover (drunk still?) after a long Halloween party w/ SW & friends | |
| 1.2:2 | 2015-11-01T07:08-05 | JA, neighbors, passing car | Little High, front porch | RAIN! Nearly uniform grey clouds but sort of milky w/ some purplish sections breaking through. | Natural light, sirens, hundreads of birds singing, neighbors making dog pee; headache blurry eyes, tired & some what cold, but not uncomfortable | |
| 1.3:3 | 2015-11-01T11:03-05 | JA, AW, birds, RC, traffic | Little High, porch | No rain, slow moving NE, grey & white; looks like a storm; curdled water lumps that look like soft paper disolving in cold water | RC & AW making fun of the project, clean and heading out to brunch, so I'm delaying them | |
| 1.4:4 | 2015-11-01T15:00-05 | 2015-11-01T15:00-05 | JA, birds (RC upstairs) | Little High, porch | slow moving w/ sunlight breaking through, mild rumble (thunder?), wl a stillness suggests impending rain; not much blue, nearly black & white, blue-grey, no sky; | getting read to leave w/ RC, having played Earthbound for an hour |
| 1.5:5 | 2015-11-01T19:00-05 | 2015-11-01T18:40-05 | JA, JD, M (BS and Lundy near), crickets | Little High, porch & living room | mostly dark sky, with some lighter streaks of cloud; one illuminated by the moon w/ a cool-blue light; one near the western horizon illuminated by orange city (?) light; | in PJs, RC just left, full, talking w/ JD and tired from a long weekend |
| 1.6:6 | 2015-11-01T22:30-05 | 2015-11-01T22:30-05 | JA, BS, Lundy, crickets | Little High, bedroom & porch | organge glow near eastern horizon, no stars, black sky, no visible moon (cf. 1.5:5) | bright lights make the sky hard to see; west has a cooler city glow near the horizon seems to be moisture and mist; tired afte a long day, observations |
| 2.1:7 | 2015-11-02T03:00-05 | 2015-11-02T03:35-05 | JA, radio | Little High, bed in bedroom | No apparent change, still black, starless w/ no visible clouds; | a soft humming seems to have developed, woke up from sleep to write notes, so tired, not sure this is a great idea, but did use the rest-room; had odd dreams, but o/w good. |
| 2.2:8 | 2015-11-02T07:30-05 | 2015-11-02T08:02-05 | JA, two trash dudes, birds (JD inside) | Little High, front porch | smooth, grey, some stripes and clusters to the south west looks like rain: opaque & uniform, north looks marbled, east looks like pollution; | tired from night observation, JD fussy, no coffee yet, a little cold, but enthusiastic about the project |
| 2.3:9 | 2015-11-02T12:00-05 | 2015-11-02T12:30-05 | JA, birds, cars | Little High, porch | white & grey tabby pattern w/ diffuse blue-grey light; cotton balls above; hazy to the east; rainy to the west; slowly moving North | after shopping, making lunch & coffee, put off and hurried |
| 2.4:10 | 2015-11-02T16:30-05 | 2015-11-02T16:33-05 | JA, Tia, traffic, crickets | Ivy Dental, porch | some deep blue above, grey streaks, a few vapor trails, pool water blue to the west, grey storm to the east; moving slowly south | post-dentist numb lips, about to bike happy & awake, but pestered |
| 2.5:11 | 2015-11-0T10:30-05 | 2015-11-02T19:48-05 | JA, MER, crickets, traffic | Little High, sidewalk | purple-grey and ruddy (puce?) large marbling overhead; no orange clouds to the east; mottled to the west; | full belly, w/ MER, cool, numbing recovering, talking about relationships; street lights, MER really wants to move on; new plan |
| 2.6:12 | before bed | 2015-11-02T11:30-05 | JA, crickets | Little High, sidewalk | clouds overhead more broken up, visible chunks of purple or navy,; solid to the north, loose to the east; seem stationary; | tooth aching post-dinner and the return of sensation isn't nice; tired, ready to sleep |
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| 3.1:13 | waking | 2015-11-03T09:54-05 | JA, birds, (JD inside), traffic | Little High, porch | clear blue skies, no visible clouds, moon above, sun in yellow-orange sky to east, pool-water blue near west horizon, stringy blue north | just up in PJs, stink eye from JD, cool temperature, moderate school traffic |
| 3.2:14 | 2015-11-03T11:00-05 | 2015-11-03T10:36-05 | JA, 8 students, 6 bikes, birds, plane, traffic | Nau Hall, circular patio | very clear skies, moon lower in the north, pool water to the west, cobalt above, pool-water near the horizon, really; | just biked to campus, sitting in patio, awake, sore tooth, prepping for class |
| 3.3:15 | 2015-11-03T14:30-05 | 2015-11-03T14:27-05 | JA, ER, JB, PL, LW, 6 students | Praxis Lab, through the window | through the window, clear skies, bright sun pool-water color near the horizon, cobalt blue up, no moon, | but only looking North; in the lab, was late to a meeting, reading email, ER and I are fangirling, Ronda walked in |
| 3.4:16 | 2015-11-03T18:30-05 | 2015-11-03T18:52-05 | JA, crickets, car, neighbors, traffic, Rosie, BS | Little High, street & porch | clear blue sky, no clouds visible, twinkling stars, blue-black, street lights, little wind, still no clouds | recently showered, Rosie politely waiting, BS visited, AW coming over, slightly hungry, cool in t-shirt, sitting, after-shave on face |
| 3.5:17 | 2015-11-03T22:30-05 | 2015-11-03T22:32-05 | JA, AW, crickets, traffic | Little High, porch & street | no clouds, twinkling stars, Orion behind a tree, light on horizon, | hanging w/ AW, snuggled & had beers, o.w. a quiet night, very mellow, want to play a game |
| 3.6:18 | before bed | 2015-11-03T23:51-05 | JA, traffic | LIttle High, bedroom | black-grey stky, no stars visible, | through a window, street light, up late playing Earthbound, which was good, tired and worried about getting enough observations before bed. |
| 4.1:19 | upon waking | 2015-11-04T07:59-05 | JA, birds, traffic | Little High, porch | few clouds, except to the SE, white light, some grey bottoms and the pool-water horizon; | a bit chilly out, lots of birds singing. I feel like I slept in, but apparently not (only 8 hours) could have 5 am |
| 4.2:20 | 2015-11-04T11:30-05 | 2015-11-04T11:00-05 | JA, traffic, music, outside | Little High, desk, bedroom | very clear still, cloudy on eastern horizon in strips, white near the pool-water blue, also southern too, clear bright, white; | substituting early observation because of last night's pile-up and finishing a task: a reward |
| 4.3:21 | 2015-11-04T14:00-05 | 2015-11-04T14:04-05 | JA, traffic, construction, neighbor raking, children | Little High, porch & street | wispy clouds E,S,W, for E grey and low, S are little streaks of pure, white, W is billowing large clouds, N is deep blue; | just patch pants & finished a book, hot, EH coming over shortly |
| 4.4:22 | 2015-11-04T18:00-05 | 2015-11-04T17:22-05 | JA, EH, traffic, birds, crickets, children playing, neighbors, squirrel | Little High, sidewalk | grey, falling light, low, light grey to dark, bluish grey east light breaking through in west | walked around all day, EH assisting [with observation], street lights on, sun light around, around 60 degrees Fahrenheit, sun not visible |
| 4.5:23 | 2015-11-04T10:30-05 | 2015-11-04T21:01-05 | JA, crickets, traffic, ER | Little High, sidewalk | light purple & dark blue clouds, few stars, solid purples eastern, solid grey purple west, mottled north, deep blue south; | full belly, having played games & caught up w/ ER & EH |
| 4.6:24 | before bed | 2015-11-04T23:59-05 | JA, crickets, traffic | Little High, bed-window | purple grey clouds on a dark navy sky, street light, few stars; | after setting up and playing a little Earthbound at home and getting ready for trip to NYC to go to the workshop |
| 5.1:25 | waking ( ca. 2015-11-05T06:00-05 ) | 2015-11-05T06:42-05 | JA, birds, radio, traffic | Little High, porch | multi-color stripes to the east, dull-flat-grey to the west, south is a lightly ribbed grey-velvet mix, sun is rising on medium cover; | just woken up, in jacket and jeans, worried about making the train on time |
| 5.2:26 | 2015-11-05T09:30-05 | 2015-11-05T10:26-05 | JA, passengers, trains, BH | Train just past Manasses | south widwon; wispy clouds in white along horizon reaching to a blue sky above; | extremely limited range of viewing, but on a comfortable seat and working on laptop while reading, BH near |
| 5.3:27 | 2015-11-05T12:30-05 | 2015-11-05T12:13-05 | JA, quiet car, many more passengers | NE of Washington DC, on train | SE window: brown-grey haze, no clouds, dirty looking light swirling blackish clouds up, not much NW, but hazy too; | in train w/ even more people as we travel, waiting to get lunch |
| 5.4:28 | 2015-11-05T15:30-05 | 2015-11-05T14:24-05 | JA, passengers, train | Trenton, NJ, train station | raining, sky reflected on surfaces at station as seen through the window of the train, grey-blue overcast; hint of aqua | finished computer work, lady sitting by me, re-checked ticket, had weird lunch |
| 5.5:29 | 2015-11-05T18:30-05 | 2015-11-05T18:30-05 | JA, traffic, people on the street | Giovanni's place, NYC, W 44th St. | looking N out a window over buildings, black-orange haze, slight rain, glistening sidewalks; | having read about Emacs & text all day ridden a train, managet to get into Giovanni's house |
| 5.6:30 | before bed | 2015-11-05T22:05-05 | JA, traffic, pedestrians | Giovanni's place | grey-purples quite bright, light from street, no stars, spot light creame in parts, just N over buildings; | post shower, drinked with Ali, quite tired and ready for bed, feeling good though |
| 6.1:31 | awaking | 2015-11-06T07:30-05 | JA, traffic, siren, Frank | Giovanni's place, out the window | gre skies gradient from smoke grey to pale white, some cracks to blueish, above, bubbly, round; | just awake, dressed, watering eyes, tired, but happy, hearing voices in the hallway |
| 6.2:32 | 2015-11-06T10:30-05 | 2015-11-06T10:25-05 | JA, traffic, construction, dude on phone | Grolier Club, front porch | fast moving, low clouds to the west through buildings, white & blue, above grey & white, fast moving; | having looked at the exhibit and now standing outside, saw some friends and hung out |
| 6.3:33 | 2015-11-06T13:30-05 | 2015-11-06T13:42-05 | JA, traffic, construction, people | Gene's Coffe Shop, porch | fast, low clouds, slight haze to the west, bright sunlight & warm; | hungry having looked at books for awhile and ready for conference |
| 6.4:34 | 2015-11-06T16:30-05 | 2015-11-06T17:03-05 | JA, people, traffic | Along 44th St., on sidewalk | hazy and humid, clouds close in | totally memorial reconstruction |
| 6.5:35 | 2015-11-06T18:30-05 | 2015-11-06T18:30-05 | JA, so many people! | street somewhere near Harvard Club | nothing, too many people | [apparently written in some haste and despair] |
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| 6.6:36 | 2015-11-06T20:34-05 | JA, people, traffic, siren | Giovanni's place | grey & dark blue, slow moving, breaking clouds, grey cap over navy horizon; | full belly & tired but okay and ready for bed | |
| 7.1:37 | waking | 2015-11-07T07:27-05 | JA, traffic, people | Giovanni's 4th floor | dishwater grey-blue & tight grey-white streaked together, moving slowly, not fast, seem low, beautiful streaking up; | just waknig up, feeling groggy as I slept 11 hours or so, but I think it was good |
| 7.2:38 | 2015-11-07T10:00-05 | 2015-11-07T09:50-05 | JA, traffic, construction, dude crossing the street, etc. | Grolier Club, porch | uniformish, grey & white, smooth colors, medium fast moving, light grey blue, etc. west a little orange at horizon; | snuck out of conference, rushed |
| 7.3:39 | 2015-11-07T12:00-05 | 2015-11-07T11:00-05 | JA, conference smokers, traffic, construction | Grolier Club, porch | uniform gradient from white above to blueish near horizon, then grey below, then a white streaking think scalloped horizon; | break at talk, saw LO, wants award |
| 7.4:34 | 2015-11-07T15:00-05 | 2015-11-07T13:00-05 | JA, traffic, people, construction, LO, ES | Grolier Club, porch | white-grey, bright clouds, darkening toward horizon, low lines of blue; moderate speed about 45 degrees up; | after lecture grabbing lunch, but o.w. feeling awake & fine |
| 7.5:35 | 2015-11-07T17:00-05 | 2015-11-07T18:10-05 | JA, LO, traffic, people, dogs, horses | Central Park | dark blue sky, no easily visible stars, fast walking in the cool air, no sense of rain; | having finished a conference on Provenance & catching up w/ LO |
| 7.6:36 | 2015-11-07T20:40-05 | JA, traffic, people | Giovanni's window | purple grey clouds, w/ pale but not deep blue ground, lumpy, chunks but not strings, or clods; breaking up toward horizon; | sorta wanna go out, but feel like I should stay in | |
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