Changing Seasons

Time-lapse video is taken on top of the William Browning Building at the University of Utah. By stitching images together we can see the sun positon change with the changing seasons. The dates below are for the year 2018 and the time is the local time.

Good morning June

Wiffle Ball, a Summer Necessity

Longest day of the year

Today is the summer solstice--the longest day of the year. That is, the longest amount of sunlight in a day. You can read more about the summer solstice from this article.

It sure felt like there was a lot of sun today, these were some of the warmest temperatures we've seen all year...

mesowest.utah.edu

The most recent satellite image shows clear skies this afternoon, but there were some high cirrus. You can see the extent of the ridge in the west.

MODIS true color

MODIS true color

My sister took these nice sunset pictures in southern Utah. Enjoy!

photo by RBM

photo by RBM

Floating the Provo River

Another sunny day convinced us to float the Provo river.

We have a sweet flag for our raft. If anyone can guess
the movie reference I'll be very impressed.

A mother and her fawn. Their names are Doe, Ray, and Mi

"Golfing in a Hurricane"

Are you prepared for the hurricane hitting Utah? Ok, so it's not a hurricane any more. But these clouds and storms are remnants of the moisture from hurricane Blanca. (Weather Underground Article).

Yesterday and today southern Utah has been under flash flood watches. 

Wednesday night the NAM analysis shows widespread moisture across the state. Expect more rain today, but it looks like the moisture pulls out for the weekend. 

While other parts of the state got some rain yesterday, Spanish Fork was sunny--perfect weather for golfing. So here I am, golfing in a hurricane (and sandals) with my brothers...

Back to the 90s

Yesterday was the first day this year we hit 90 degrees. In Spanish Fork we hit a high of 92. Here's a screenshot from my current conditions page from yesterday afternoon...

It was a hot one. We could easily make it to 90 degrees again today if the clouds don't get too thick. Here's the last 24 hour temperature in Spanish Fork. We're currently at 87 in Spanish Fork at 1:50 PM.

Today at work I'm working on processing HRRR data, so here's a screenshot of temperatures (in Celsius) in the western US for June 1st. I've roughly outlined where Utah is at...