A cloudy day, but not like you think.

[SteveSS]

If you know Colorado, you know our humidity is extremely low. The joke is, if you're from here every other place in the world is too humid. Another advantage is in winter you rarely have ice on your windshieds in the morning.

Today I can barely see the end of my driveway. It's not fog. It's low clouds. The difference is fog gathers in valleys. Our valleys are clear, it's the higher points that are in a dense cloud bank. All the tourists must be freaking. It's 47 degrees at 11:00 am.

I left a window open last night. It was great for sleeping. I had two heavy blankets on top for warmth. But now, I'm weaing a jacket indoors.

When you visit Colorado in the summer, bring some warm clothes. Welcome to June!

 

[69Bee]

I lived in the Frisco/Dillon/Silverthorne area for a year (Sept '99 to Dec '00) and I will say The whole truck including the windshield was covered in snow/ice. Also, if you didn't plug in your block heater, good luck getting it started the next morning. Too GD cold up there @9100'!! The worst I had was 2 weeks at -14^F ambient, about -40 to -50 with windchill. I lived just off the Dillion Reservoir and the wind felt like it blew right into the house.

 

[khryslerkid]

I thought you were going to say smoke from the Canadian wild fires. Saw it here in Pa yesterday.

 

[SteveSS]

I've noticed all week there have been Stratus Clouds lower than the mountain tops. I guess today they've reached down to 7,500 above sea-level.

Agree with you Bee. We get two different forecasts daily. One for the foothills and one for the "High Country." I would be surprised if it's not snowing there.

Sometimes another one for the Palmer Divide. That's where I live. It's the high area in the foothills where water either goes north to the Nebraska River or south to the Arkansas.

 

[69Bee]

Yea, I have seen the low clouds up there and it does look odd. AZ is dry too and would say that both seemed the same to me. The altitude didn't bother me either like it does some people who are not used to it. When my dad came for a visit, he was ok in Denver but buy the time he got up to our place, he had difficulty breathing. We got him an oxygen machine for him when he slept, and he carried small oxygen bottles with him during the day. I his defense, he had 1 1/2 lungs and came from Fla, aka 0' to 9100'.

 

[kiwigtx]

Sounds like a good day to get that lawnmower fixed up.

 

[SteveSS]

Nah. I think he gave up.

 

[dadsbee]

All this blame at Canadians for fire smoke, when there's over a dozen burning in MN!

 

[WileE]

 

[kiwigtx]

Nah. I think he gave up.

 

[kiwigtx]

All this blame at Canadians for fire smoke, when there's over a dozen burning in MN!

 

[Hey-O]

All this blame at Canadians for fire smoke, when there's over a dozen burning in MN!

I'm loyal to everywhere I've lived!!

 

[#41]

I have never heard anyone differentiate between low clouds and fog before. By definition, fog is a cloud touching or near the ground.

 

[SteveSS]

As I said, fog comes up from the low areas, coming off lakes, ponds, basically low humid areas. Clouds are different forming in the atmosphere. They are both water vapor just form and behave differently.

Clouds and fog both form when water vapor condenses or freezes to form tiny droplets or crystals in the air, but clouds can form at many different altitudes while fog only forms near the ground.

Again that day I drove to the supermarket. Although it was only about 12 blocks away there was quite a drop in elevation. No clouds were down there.
As you drive along the rolling foothills the valleys are clear the high ground is in a cloud. What's really cool is when you get to mountain tops and your'e looking down on the clouds.

This is from Pikes Peak.