What's the temperature where you are???

[akroberts1085]

86 @ 11:02 am PST

 

[TXchickmum]

84 at 1:44 PM. -so nice!

 

[GodLovesU]

82 Fahrenheit

 

[kikiruru]

Thunderstorm dropped temp

 

[akroberts1085]

96 @ 2:55 pm PST

 

[Nym]

Saturday 27th of July 11.22a.m. Cold and rainy. Light 7.4 / 9.3kph NNE, Hg 45%, 13.7C / 56.7F top of 20C / 68F. A shower or two. Rain, wind and cold forecast to return: Sheep graziers alert + Marine wind warning back on.

Moon is 62.1%

Have you ever seen a reflection rainbow? Here's how they work​

1 day ago​

Avid rainbow spotter Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness says this is one of the rarest rainbows he has ever seen. (Supplied: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness)

It's faint, but squint a little and you might see the unusual sight of a rainbow pointing upwards in the skies above Sandy Bay, near Hobart.

Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness has seen many rainbows in Tasmania, but the sky-watcher said this vertical rainbow was his most exciting and unusual rainbow yet.

"I've done a bit of cataloguing of rainbows as a bit of a field guide. And I had known that they existed, but I had never seen a photo of them in Tasmania," he said.

"It felt like I had just photographed something absolutely legendary and mythological."

Why winter in Tasmania is perfect for rainbow spotting​

If you've noticed more rainbows recently, you're not alone. Tasmania's position and its proximity to water create the ideal conditions needed to spot a rainbow.

"So that angle of the sun in the sky in Tasmania due to our latitudinal position on the earth, particularly during the winter months when the sun doesn't get very high in the sky, is the ideal angle for this refraction and reflection of light through rain droplets," Ms Mathews said.

"We are quite close in proximity to the Southern Ocean or a maritime environment where there is lots of water, so it gives us a larger quantity of droplets within clouds, which does give us that better chance of seeing a reflection of a rainbow through those rain droplets."

Mr Bar-Ness said Hobart's conditions made it "one of the best places for rainbow spotting in the world".

"We get these westerly storms, which come in as big sheets of rain or clouds, and the mountain range 'rips up' these clouds. We get this sunlight staggered with clouds and rain staggered with sunlight, kind of in a more complex pattern," he said.

"That means we get more opportunities to have the sunlight on the mist to create those standard rainbows."

Reflecting on the importance of rainbows​

While Mr Bar-Ness was interested in the science of rainbows, he said you did not need scientific expertise to appreciate their beauty.

"When people see a rainbow it literally gives some colour to their day," he said.

"For many people, it's mythological or magic, or even things that people can't put into words. It doesn't necessarily always need to be a science thing.

"It could just as well be something pretty in the sky that you appreciate for what it is."

 

[Jenbirdee]

 

[Nym]

 

[Nomadicus]

75° with a light rain

 

[Debbie292d]

Saturday 27th of July 11.22a.m. Cold and rainy. Light 7.4 / 9.3kph NNE, Hg 45%, 13.7C / 56.7F top of 20C / 68F. A shower or two. Rain, wind and cold forecast to return: Sheep graziers alert + Marine wind warning back on.

Moon is 62.1%

Have you ever seen a reflection rainbow? Here's how they work​

1 day ago​

Avid rainbow spotter Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness says this is one of the rarest rainbows he has ever seen. (Supplied: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness)

It's faint, but squint a little and you might see the unusual sight of a rainbow pointing upwards in the skies above Sandy Bay, near Hobart.

Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness has seen many rainbows in Tasmania, but the sky-watcher said this vertical rainbow was his most exciting and unusual rainbow yet.

"I've done a bit of cataloguing of rainbows as a bit of a field guide. And I had known that they existed, but I had never seen a photo of them in Tasmania," he said.

"It felt like I had just photographed something absolutely legendary and mythological."

Why winter in Tasmania is perfect for rainbow spotting​

If you've noticed more rainbows recently, you're not alone. Tasmania's position and its proximity to water create the ideal conditions needed to spot a rainbow.

"So that angle of the sun in the sky in Tasmania due to our latitudinal position on the earth, particularly during the winter months when the sun doesn't get very high in the sky, is the ideal angle for this refraction and reflection of light through rain droplets," Ms Mathews said.

"We are quite close in proximity to the Southern Ocean or a maritime environment where there is lots of water, so it gives us a larger quantity of droplets within clouds, which does give us that better chance of seeing a reflection of a rainbow through those rain droplets."

Mr Bar-Ness said Hobart's conditions made it "one of the best places for rainbow spotting in the world".

"We get these westerly storms, which come in as big sheets of rain or clouds, and the mountain range 'rips up' these clouds. We get this sunlight staggered with clouds and rain staggered with sunlight, kind of in a more complex pattern," he said.

"That means we get more opportunities to have the sunlight on the mist to create those standard rainbows."

Reflecting on the importance of rainbows​

While Mr Bar-Ness was interested in the science of rainbows, he said you did not need scientific expertise to appreciate their beauty.

"When people see a rainbow it literally gives some colour to their day," he said.

"For many people, it's mythological or magic, or even things that people can't put into words. It doesn't necessarily always need to be a science thing.

"It could just as well be something pretty in the sky that you appreciate for what it is."

Last week we got the prettiest rainbow I think I've ever seen. The picture didn't do justice as it was so bright it lit up the sky.