Brad’s Alberta barometer and cloudy crystal
Ball (or how to keep your camera dry in Alberta) Yes, its true. After years of roaming this province shooting, climbing hiking, skiing, fishing, running…(you get the exaggerated point) I know it is true- we live in a tricky place for knowing what the weather is going to be like. Note to self: We have a lot of micro climates here, for example the weather is different between Banff and Canmore, Between Banff and Louise and Between Canmore and Kananaskis. True Dat. So, here is how I do it. 1. Look at 5-10 forecasts and take an average. The Norwegians are best at it. Yup Really! www.yr.no 2. Look at several towns/areas around the areamostly west and NW as that’s most of where our weather comes from ie. Banff, Radium, Jasper, Red Deer, Waterton, Kananaskis, Golden, etc. 3. Look at a lot of webcams. Real time looking is better than most forecasts. These are the best: http://skierbob.ca/web-cams/ 4. Look at satellite images and get used to how to read them: http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/alberta/ satellite 5. Learn a lot about what cloud shapes are saying. Clouds tell us all we need to knowusually days before. Study weather. 6. Learn from sailors. “Red sky in the morning, sailors warning” Mariner expressions tell a lot. For example, wind from the east usually means and ‘up slope’ system. Upslope is a system that swirls in from the coast from the SW. It means big wet. Or if high cirrus clouds that move in slow. Read: slow in, slow out. Or, if the clouds look like camera lenses ‘lenticulars’ then it means bad weather in 24-36 hours. Usually bad. Quick Toto into the basement, kinda stuff. You get the point. So, that’s how I do it. So, spend a lot of time online and walking down your street looking up. Happy shooting! Brad
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