Fact du jour : The angle between the ground and the direction to the North Star is equal to the latitude of the location. One of our favorite spots is a latitude +38° 35′. A degree off represents about 75 miles, so measure carefully! Learning the ancient ways of mariners, with a four-session celestial [...]
Archive for the ‘NorCal’ Category
Introduction to Celestial Navigation Class
Posted in NorCal on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Lunch at the top of Northstar.
Posted in NorCal on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not too bad! Skiing in California is actually quite nice! Having a fun weekend so far – me and four girls. Luckily there are two bathrooms.
And after the rain and hail, a double rainbow!
Posted in NorCal on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Isn’t weather fun?
Wild weather in Oakland California
Posted in NorCal on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hail builds up on the ground outside the office. Exciting times for a weather watcher.
The River is Rising
Posted in NorCal on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we get ready for the first big storm of the year, George and Nadia are moving furniture and other stuff in advance of the river level. Here is the current level: Here is a link which draws a chart with the water level in Guerneville for the last seven days. Hopefully it will be [...]
Weather or not
Posted in NorCal on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it is sort of raining again today. That’s about five days of rain-ish weather, so far. The forecast has four or five more days until sun. This weather is great. I noticed that it was five below at my other favorite place this morning, Waterville Valley. Very happy to have rain and 50. Makes [...]
Recent Clips- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
Archives
Category Cloud
