Recently, Jackson Hole has been engulfed in lots of white, fluffy, thick clouds. This fog that has prevented us from seeing over hills or the peaks in the Teton Range is called an atmospheric inversion. In meteorology, an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude.
 |
Photo Credit
Teton Gravity Research Instagram
|
 |
| This Morning's 'Sunrise' Sky & Sun, I Know You're There! Come Through the Clouds! We Would Love to See You! |
Inversions act as a cap on the upward movement of air from the layers below, resulting in clouds that cannot grow high enough to produce showers and prevent visibility. This makes a lot of sense, because last week was really cold, and I mean really cold! When I arrived, the temperatures were ranging below 0 - I think last Thursday or Friday, it was -25 to -30 degrees out! This week, it has gotten drastically warmer - today's high should be in the 40s. So, going from one end of the spectrum to the other in such a short amount of time, has really stunted the weather around here and resulted in really low clouds.
Marc went to work at the mountain the past two days and has captured pictures of how it is really cloudy here in the valley. However, as you go up the lifts, gondola, and tram, you go higher above the cloud cover, and you are immersed in Bluebird skies! It's crazy! Enjoy some of the photos captured from the past few days! Hopefully, the sun will start shining again on this town or I might just need to spend most of my days on those high mountain sides!
TheChristyBel
 |
| What is Down Below? Photo Credit to Marc Sweet |
 |
| The Whole Valley Is Covered! Photo Credit to Marc Sweet |
 |
| Above the Clouds You See Bluebird Skies Photo Credit to Marc Sweet |
No comments:
Post a Comment