Jim Bishop (member 12,515) from Oroville, California, joined our recent trip to Lake Inari. He has shared with us an interesting and detailed document on the formation of thunderstorms.

Modestino Carbone, member 7416, recently sent us this very special photo of a work by the Belgian artist Jan Fabre “The man who measures the clouds”.

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Our US Speaking Tour, October 2019

Society founder and Member 0001, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, is giving a ‘Cloudspotting for Beginners’ speaking tour in the eastern half of the US throughout October 2019. Here are the dates and the links for booking places:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_animation=”none” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” css=”.vc_custom_1570980006379{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Winter Harbor, Maine
Tuesday October 8 2019, 7:00pm
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park

Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday October 10 2019, 6:30pm
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street.

Ridgefield, Connecticut
Friday October 11 2019, 7:00pm
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Manhattan, New York
Saturday October 12 2019, 2:00pm
New York Public Library, Grand Central Branch,135 E 46th St

Manhattan, New York
Tuesday October 15 2019, 6:30pm
The Explorers Club, 46 E 70th Street

Atlanta, Georgia
Wednesday October 16 2019, 7:00pm
Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Dr.

Athens, Georgia
Thursday October 17 2019, 5:30pm
Georgia Museum of Art

Bentonville, Arkansas
Friday October 18 2019, 7:00pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (evening)
Saturday October 19 2019, 11:00am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (morning)

La Crosse, Wisconsin
Sunday October 20 2019, 5:00pm
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

St Paul, Minnesota
Tuesday October 22 2019, 7:00pm
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Listen to Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, answering questions from the curious young listeners of the Everything Under the Sun podcast.

Rosemary Stewart, member 16444, told us about this unusual fog over the Needles, Isle of Wight, UK

Shotsy Faust, member 45472, is the curator of the Water Meter Gallery, situated on a residential street in Pacifica CA.

José Roberto Vasconcelos, CAS member No. 17,481 from Natal, Brazil recently told us that the ‘Clouds Observatory’ in Brazil was finally open.

Journalist Mari Saito joined us on our Sky Gathering to the English island of Lundy in May 2019.

Timothy Kessler, supporting member 89194, recently drew our attention to this article from Earth Sky

We have many members of the Society who are airline pilots – no one else after all, has a better view of the clouds from their office window

Jessica Volpe (member 45292) recently published her book “The One and ONLY Cloud: A Fact and Fiction Book about Clouds”.

For our Chinese speaking members, an article by Mengni Xing following an interview with Society Founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney.

Jan McIntyre, member 34,229 contacted us with details of an exhibition running at York Art Gallery.

Our German speaking members may be interested to read the recent profile about Bernhard Kaliner, Society member 9964

Join us for hands-on activities, including a Virtual Reality experience of Google Earth, as we explore the variety of ways we gather data about the weather.

A recent theoretical study shows that a major increase in CO2 could result in a dramatic reduction in low clouds responsible for keeping the surface cool.

Cloud mail art from our members…

Margaret Smyth, member 17515, recently told us about the extraordinary thunder and hailstorms in Australia in December.

We were interviewed by People and Company for their podcast about communities…

Longtime Society member, Annette Huber (member 7439) contacted us with a reminder that today (4th October) is National Poetry Day.

Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, member 24,422, recently came across an article on the Phys.org website about research carried out by UConn geographer Scott Stephenson and his team. Their theory is that the growth of trans-Arctic shipping and the increasing emissions accompanied by this will offset some of the overall warming in the Arctic by the end of the century.

You can read the full article on the Phys.org website

Nick Wigram, member 36265, has produced a series of cloud books for kids (and big kids too!).

Society member, Paula Russell, contacted us recently to tell us about this wonderful art installation on Governors Island, New York.

The installation – which made its debut at Palazzo Flangini during the 57th Venice Biennale – has been adapted and installed inside St Cornelius’ church to mark its reopening and will be there until 31st October 2018.

You can see more on the Governors Island website and also read a review on The Spaces

Daryl D Johnson, member 45193, recently sent “Solstice Sunset” and told us about her upcoming exhibition, “The Chi of Clouds” which begins on 7th September and runs until 28th October at Fry Fine Art, Peterborough NH.

SkyDay is a free educational platform with a single goal – to connect people across the world via our magnificent sky!

Sylvia Archer, member 42582, of Spruce Pine, NC, USA recently contacted us about the Cloud Observatory they have installed at Penland School of Crafts.

Karen Irmer, member no 29940, was invited to create an art installation in the newly refurbished church of St Moritz in Augsburg, Germany.

Helen Roberts, Senior Operational Meteorologist at the Met Office and member 28957, has done a course on Future Learn about the weather which is available from 6th August 2018.

Jean Nels, Executive Director of Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum recently contacted us about two lenticular cloud videos they have produced.

Earther, an environmental news site, recently published an article for their “Get Outside” themed week about the art and science of cloudspotting.

Listen to Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s recent interview with Glastonbury FM

Sogno d’Ombra (Dream of Shadow) – Bardiglio Marble – 2017 © Rob Good

Laura Hilkemann got in touch to tell us about a stunning formation of asperitas clouds that were recently flowed across Nebraska, USA

Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, member 24,422, recently contacted us about this interesting cloud-related article

When Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, was in San Francisco in April 2018, he was interviewed by Michael Krazny on the Forum Show on KQED Radio. There was a phone-in towards the end of the show, and one of the callers asked his advice about cloud books for kids.

“A cloud is a shade in motion” claims this great New Yorker review

As part of our speaking tour of US northwest states, Gavin was interviewed by Michael Krazny for Forum on KQED Radio in San Francisco.

Cloud enthusiast, Mark Hyde, recently contacted us about the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) which is a state-of-the-art, unique collection of optical cameras, fast light meters and X- and Gamma-ray detectors, that will for the first time, will allow researchers to observe lightning in the Earth’s atmosphere with unprecedented detail from space.

The monitor will study the inner workings of lightning allowing us to have more understanding of the impact of lightning on the atmosphere.

There is an in-depth and fascinating article about this on the University of Bath website.

Ruth Bailey from Switzerland, member 37436, was recently interviewed by Carole Koch for GEO magazine

Rebecca Cleland, an avid cloudspotter, was recently in touch to tell us about this list of weather terms.