Clouds and the weather is the topic of GARNA’s next Our Sense of Place program on Monday, February 8. Dr. Stanley L. Barnes will lead a presentation on what it takes for clouds in the Upper Arkansas Valley to form, the role of water vapor and its source, and why some clouds move with the winds and others do not. Learn about why some clouds do nothing but come and go, while others produce weather events and precipitation. Also covered will be the larger scale atmospheric systems that produce our storms here in the Valley as well as how we should interpret forecasts by the National Weather Service. Dr. Barnes spent four years as a weather observer in the U. S. Navy and went on to obtain a PhD in Meteorology. Soon thereafter he joined the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK where he gathered data in and near thunderstorms. He then moved to Boulder, CO where he studied severe thunderstorms, researched improved computer analysis of meteorological observations, and developed diagnostic routines currently being used in operational weather forecasting. Dr. Barnes has lived in Chaffee County for 10 years where, as an “amateur” observer, he is attempting to understand the influence of the Arkansas Valley mountain ranges on clouds and weather systems. The program will begin at 7:00 PM at the Salida Community Center, 3rd and F Streets. The cost is free for GARNA members and $5 for non-members. Please call GARNA at 719-539-5106 for more information.
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