Chris ☈ozoff
@agitatedcu.bsky.social
Cannot jump high, highly motivated by clouds, vector enthusiast, fan of wilderness.
Erie, CO
Current reading: "Gulag Archipelago" (Solzhenitsyn), "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" (Griffiths and Schroeter)
Erie, CO
Current reading: "Gulag Archipelago" (Solzhenitsyn), "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" (Griffiths and Schroeter)
Another favorite was this tornado behind a pond in Hyannis, NE (April 27), following the unexpected wedge tornado before it.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Another favorite was this tornado behind a pond in Hyannis, NE (April 27), following the unexpected wedge tornado before it.
Probably one of my tor favorite photos (that I captured) from this last storm season. It was in the earlier stages of the Arnett, OK tornado of May 18. Of course, it's hard to compete with Dickens, NE or Gary, SD, but I wasn't on either of those two events. With @francescodemartin.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Probably one of my tor favorite photos (that I captured) from this last storm season. It was in the earlier stages of the Arnett, OK tornado of May 18. Of course, it's hard to compete with Dickens, NE or Gary, SD, but I wasn't on either of those two events. With @francescodemartin.bsky.social
A view from the neighborhood this morning.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A view from the neighborhood this morning.
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A day that will never be forgotten by those in the presence of these storms, 4/26/24.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A day that will never be forgotten by those in the presence of these storms, 4/26/24.
Sunrise in 16 seconds. I sort of regret not doing the sculpted wave cloud to the west instead. Also, sorry for the small jump in the middle.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Sunrise in 16 seconds. I sort of regret not doing the sculpted wave cloud to the west instead. Also, sorry for the small jump in the middle.
A cat and her northern lights.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A cat and her northern lights.
I don't know if I've ever seen the snow at high elevation this pitiful by Nov 8 in my 15 years living in CO. Here are views of an almost snow-free Sawtooth between Bierstadt and Blue Sky and a slightly more snowy (a fresh dusting that will be gone in a day or two) Square Top Mountain this morning.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I don't know if I've ever seen the snow at high elevation this pitiful by Nov 8 in my 15 years living in CO. Here are views of an almost snow-free Sawtooth between Bierstadt and Blue Sky and a slightly more snowy (a fresh dusting that will be gone in a day or two) Square Top Mountain this morning.
Halloween’s spookiest two-headed beast.
#Catsofbluesky
#Catsofbluesky
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Halloween’s spookiest two-headed beast.
#Catsofbluesky
#Catsofbluesky
Any of the Front Range folks know what this fire is all about in Boulder behind Green Mountain? It is not on Watch Duty.
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Any of the Front Range folks know what this fire is all about in Boulder behind Green Mountain? It is not on Watch Duty.
This has probably already been posted here, but Melissa has displayed a classic mesovortex pattern that can be modeled in the simplest 2D atmospheric models ("nondivergent barotropic models"). Here's a comparison of this morning's VIS sat and Kossin and Schubert (2001) experiments.
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This has probably already been posted here, but Melissa has displayed a classic mesovortex pattern that can be modeled in the simplest 2D atmospheric models ("nondivergent barotropic models"). Here's a comparison of this morning's VIS sat and Kossin and Schubert (2001) experiments.
Northern Colorado is looking pretty even if we are cruelly being denied seasonal snow.
October 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Northern Colorado is looking pretty even if we are cruelly being denied seasonal snow.
I was having major FOMO, but lo and behold, a sizable No Kings event materialized in my hodunk town of Erie. I’ve never seen any political gathering like this in my quiet town before today.
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I was having major FOMO, but lo and behold, a sizable No Kings event materialized in my hodunk town of Erie. I’ve never seen any political gathering like this in my quiet town before today.
Five years ago today, punishing and relentless winds thrashed the continental divide and foothills. In mere hours, a fire of unknown cause ignited near Jamestown, CO and quickly escalated into a conflagration consuming vast swaths of forests in vaporizing heat and flames. Here was the scene in Erie.
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Five years ago today, punishing and relentless winds thrashed the continental divide and foothills. In mere hours, a fire of unknown cause ignited near Jamestown, CO and quickly escalated into a conflagration consuming vast swaths of forests in vaporizing heat and flames. Here was the scene in Erie.
A comfy blanket of below Green Mountain this morning.
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A comfy blanket of below Green Mountain this morning.
It is hard to ignore the preternatural wind profiles up that way.
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It is hard to ignore the preternatural wind profiles up that way.
Aspen season is the best season.
September 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Aspen season is the best season.
I’m not a big fan of the damage they do to our yard, and therefore often cheer on owls to have good meals (for the sake of a healthy ecosystem of course), but they are cute. Here’s a baby one found just now.
September 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I’m not a big fan of the damage they do to our yard, and therefore often cheer on owls to have good meals (for the sake of a healthy ecosystem of course), but they are cute. Here’s a baby one found just now.
Fall weather has arrived and this rainbow fills my current field of view (when not typing this into my phone). As grim as national politics are, I take solace in the beauty offered each day by our surrounding universe.
September 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Fall weather has arrived and this rainbow fills my current field of view (when not typing this into my phone). As grim as national politics are, I take solace in the beauty offered each day by our surrounding universe.
As seen in SE South Dakota 19 years ago today.
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As seen in SE South Dakota 19 years ago today.
14 years ago I flew into the eye of rapidly intensifying Hurricane Irene, which included astonishing sights of violent seas marching along, sea spray just above the water whirling by in organized, streamwise jet patterns and more peaceful conditions in the eye, including a rainbow.
August 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
14 years ago I flew into the eye of rapidly intensifying Hurricane Irene, which included astonishing sights of violent seas marching along, sea spray just above the water whirling by in organized, streamwise jet patterns and more peaceful conditions in the eye, including a rainbow.
My first tornado sighting occurred 34 years ago today (gulp) and it was accidental. I was on a family vacation coming back from the Canadian Rockies and this tornado dropped into view on the backside of this apparent supercell in eastern MT. I made sure my grandfather pulled over to get photos.
August 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My first tornado sighting occurred 34 years ago today (gulp) and it was accidental. I was on a family vacation coming back from the Canadian Rockies and this tornado dropped into view on the backside of this apparent supercell in eastern MT. I made sure my grandfather pulled over to get photos.