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Ensembleator

@ensembleator.bsky.social

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Semi-retired meteorologist, living in lovely #YVR since 1994. I often write forecasts using abbreviations due to social media character limits. Dnt wry, U wll gt it.

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 26m

Brisbane Star sky deck floor

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 1h

Street Beach Brisbane

Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 3h

KH waves in altostratus over Brisbane this morning

Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 8h

View from Mt Negungun, Glass mountains, QLD

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 19h

Possum on a powerline Brisbane AU

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise in Brisbane on a day when a trough developing in the interior threatens to bring a shower or 2 later today

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 2d

Grass tree. Raven Creek Bushland Park Brisbane

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 2d

Mall action in Brisbane

Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 3d

Ghost Gum tree Brisbane Australia

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 4d

Away for a few weeks visiting family after a long overnight flight. I’ll try and send interesting pics

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 5d

you experience it here in the shoulder seasons more as a low dewpoint thing rather than a cold snap.

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 5d

looks like pollutants concentrating in a stable layer under the top of the surface inversion

Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty altocumulus sunrise #YVR

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 5d

Increasing cld tdy #YVR as a weakening cold fnt approaches from the NW. A trailing upr trough dvlps into an upr low over VI, training moist unstable flow into SWBC thru Fri AM. Chc sprinkle this eve. Mainly cldy, shwrs Wed-Fri. Cool, unsettled, windy wknd as a slug of modified arctic air streams in

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 6d

A cool clear AM under a strong inversion w/only vry patchy fog in sheltered areas and a crisp harvest Moon. Mainly sunny tdy. Hi nr 18. Some low cld Tues AM then vrbl skies as inflow increases ahead of a weakening fnt from the NW. Chc shwrs Wed as a cut-off upr lo dvlps ovr VI. Vrbl skes/breezy Thu

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 7d

Large upr ridge offshore shifting E tdy. Just a little hi lvl spill ovr cloud tdy #YVR. Nice fall day. Ptchy fog Mon AM otwz mainly sunny w/light outflow. 2 in a row! Increasg clds Tue w/shwrs Wed as an upr low dvlps just to the W. Drying but mainly cldy Thu. Rain Fri. Windy, cooler Sat

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 8d

Mayo would have been a great place for storm watchers yesterday. Not so great if you needed electricity though..

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 8d

Yes it was.

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 8d

A misty AM w/some ptchy drizzle #YVR. It brightens but stays mainly cldy tdy as a weak upr trof, shear-induced, sldes thru SWBC. A stg upr ridge builds onshore for Sun, Mon. Sun mainly sunny. Undr weak outflow, Mon, Tue AM may be foggy in places. Upr trof brings incrg clds Tue PM w/a chc shwrs Wed

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, it's the remains of Humberto revitalized by an injection of cold air (extratropical transition)

Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 9d

These are the unexpected things that great travel memories are made of. You're off the beaten path. Bet there's good restaurants around :)

Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 9d

Here's a close up

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 9d

Fierce storm NW of Ireland this AM

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 9d

Bird lift off from the Aldergrove radar this morning

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Ensembleator @ensembleator.bsky.social · 9d

Areas of low cloud/fog this AM under weak sfc high pressure give way to mainly cldy - higher cloud, ltr AM, as a weakening upr cold fnt approaches from the NW. Buldg upr ridge w/NW-N flow thru the wknd. Drzl then gradual clrg skies Sat. Mainly sunny Sun. AM fog then mainly sunny Mon. Incrg cld Tue

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