LagunaPic 09.12.13
The fog broke late (morning) today and summer made a little bit of an appearance. With warm temperatures, people and wildlife came out to the Laguna de Santa Rosa to enjoy the late afternoon. -Kent Porter
Lagunapic 9.11.13
What's this Lagunapic thing? The Laguna de Santa Rosa in West Santa Rosa is a 14-mile-long waterway, with a floodplain of more than 7500 acres. How does one make pictures of such a large watershed? We've all driven by it from time to time, maybe plied it's waters with a [...]
Row, row, row, er … paddle your canoe
There are days that a photographer just can't catch a break. Isn't it like that for everybody though? I mean, Murphy's Law works overtime for a photographer. Like right on a deadline. Such was the case today. I was assigned to shoot a picture of Konocti Harbor Inn, which is [...]
Air Tankers-a-Plenty
I will preface this by stating if you do not like air tanker photos, this post is not for you. Of course you could read it anyway and hopefully I've accomplished at least one of the following: A. You are caustically bored B. Enlighted C. Mortified that I would post [...]
Red Flag Warning
Feel that Missouri/Kansas/Oklahoma/Arkansas/Missouri..etc,etc,etc., air today? The dew points are up, a closed low pressure system is off the coast and sub-tropical moisture is streaming north. That can mean one thing, especially this time of year. Any guess? Give the man a balloon! Thunderstorms with lightning. Yes sir. Said dew points [...]
Is this a Drought?
Is it a drought or not? Officially, the California Department of Water Resources must declare a drought and then California's governor must give it an official proclamation, which then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger did in Feb. 2009. According to the State of California, we are not in an official drought. I [...]
Red Sky at Night…
You can bet if monsoonal moisture heads north from the southwest states this time of year, there is a good chance that our north coast sunsets will take on a different kind of hue. The problem with sunsets is that they don't last very long. The best thing about them? [...]
That was excessively oppressive
I'm a big fan of hot weather. I know there are others out there just like me. Last week proved that too much of a good thing is not all that great. At least we don't live in Phoenix or Las Vegas or anywhere in a desert. Death Valley recorded [...]
Nocturnal lightning
I've been watching the weather (well I always do that) for almost a week now. By reading forecasts, studying weather models and in general watching the sky a little more closely. First the heat wave that was not really a barn burner -not in Santa Rosa anyway- which then left [...]
Fire weather watch
The National Weather Service has posted a fire weather watch for Sonoma County. You would think for the hot weather, right? Well partially. Yes it's been hot and dry. The kicker is a threat for elevated convection, i.e., high based thunderstorms. With the lower levels of the atmosphere quite dry, [...]
