I received the most interesting e-mail from Dr. Keith Heidorn and wanted to share it with you along with these spectacular shots he's been so kind to send along. Keith writes:
"I know where Chicago's heat is. We have it here in British Columbia. At my home in the eastern Rocky Mountain region, temperatures have hit low 30s C (90-95F). On my porch the last few days the temperature has been peaking at 40C (104F). But we don't have the humidity part, someone else must have stolen that. Remembering my Windy City imprint from my birth (late August 1947 at the end of a record hot spell), I am one of the few here in Valemount who is loving the heat. A far cry from our -40 just before Christmas last year. Kidding aside, we did get some humidity, enough to pop up these Cbs just before sunset (9:15 pm) Saturday. I took these intensely colored photos looking north (toward Swift Creek ridge), east (Mt McKirdy is the small peak on the ridge) and south (Canoe Mt is the big massif)"
A great report and these are spectacular photos, Keith! Thanks so much for sharing them with us and stay cool in all the warm weather! By the way, check out Keith's website: The Weather Doctor
--Tom Skilling
Canoe Mountain south of home
Looking northward over Swift Creek ridge
Homeward-bound helicopter after checking for forest fires
Looking south toward Canoe Mountain
Napping "cloud men" hover over Mt McKirdy
Meanwhile on the western horizon, only the moon blemishes the sky
"I know where Chicago's heat is. We have it here in British Columbia. At my home in the eastern Rocky Mountain region, temperatures have hit low 30s C (90-95F). On my porch the last few days the temperature has been peaking at 40C (104F). But we don't have the humidity part, someone else must have stolen that. Remembering my Windy City imprint from my birth (late August 1947 at the end of a record hot spell), I am one of the few here in Valemount who is loving the heat. A far cry from our -40 just before Christmas last year. Kidding aside, we did get some humidity, enough to pop up these Cbs just before sunset (9:15 pm) Saturday. I took these intensely colored photos looking north (toward Swift Creek ridge), east (Mt McKirdy is the small peak on the ridge) and south (Canoe Mt is the big massif)"
A great report and these are spectacular photos, Keith! Thanks so much for sharing them with us and stay cool in all the warm weather! By the way, check out Keith's website: The Weather Doctor
--Tom Skilling
Canoe Mountain south of home
Looking northward over Swift Creek ridge
Homeward-bound helicopter after checking for forest fires
Looking south toward Canoe Mountain
Napping "cloud men" hover over Mt McKirdy
Meanwhile on the western horizon, only the moon blemishes the sky
Photos courtesy of Dr. Keith C. Heidorn, Valemount, British Columbia Canada, The Weather Doctor
