Alaina Ross
@circle-and-square.bsky.social
Exhausted Earth Sciences BS student @ SF State, map librarian, student researcher, obsessed with Atmospheric Science and Severe Weather in all forms
📸 portfolio: alainaross.myportfolio.com
📸 portfolio: alainaross.myportfolio.com
The unsettled air left behind after yesterday's storm made for some truly beautiful cumulonimbus action over the Oakland hills this afternoon #CAwx
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The unsettled air left behind after yesterday's storm made for some truly beautiful cumulonimbus action over the Oakland hills this afternoon #CAwx
Didn't quite make it home in time to catch the full sunset, but what I did see was pretty gorgeous
October 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Didn't quite make it home in time to catch the full sunset, but what I did see was pretty gorgeous
Good evening ☺️
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Good evening ☺️
I put together all of the timelapse clips from yesterday’s epic cloud show. An unbelievably stunning day, what a treat to have witnessed 😍 #CAwx
October 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I put together all of the timelapse clips from yesterday’s epic cloud show. An unbelievably stunning day, what a treat to have witnessed 😍 #CAwx
Okay, today wasn’t too bad
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Okay, today wasn’t too bad
As the day progresses, it never gets less awesome. Forgive me for flooding the timeline 😅
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
As the day progresses, it never gets less awesome. Forgive me for flooding the timeline 😅
There are no words for how stunning this afternoon has been…just…wow
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There are no words for how stunning this afternoon has been…just…wow
I mean, look at this thing! 👀
October 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I mean, look at this thing! 👀
Just based on the size of this anvil towering over the Santa Cruz mountains (@ appx. 3:30pm) it would not be surprising to learn there may have been funnel clouds embedded in this system #CAwx
October 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Just based on the size of this anvil towering over the Santa Cruz mountains (@ appx. 3:30pm) it would not be surprising to learn there may have been funnel clouds embedded in this system #CAwx
I’m feasting 😍
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I’m feasting 😍
Finally, you can see how rapidly those cute lil cumulus puffs developed into much larger system in just a few short minutes. (Loosely each video is 1 second = 1 minute of real time) #CAwx
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Finally, you can see how rapidly those cute lil cumulus puffs developed into much larger system in just a few short minutes. (Loosely each video is 1 second = 1 minute of real time) #CAwx
A short while later, you can see the tops of the cumulonimbus beginning to collapse as they run out of the ingredients necessary to keep them aloft. #CAwx
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A short while later, you can see the tops of the cumulonimbus beginning to collapse as they run out of the ingredients necessary to keep them aloft. #CAwx
Captured beautiful timelapse shots over the San Francisco Bay this morning: the pocket of unstable air embedded behind the main front of this storm set up the right conditions for some dramatic cloud development! #CAwx
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Captured beautiful timelapse shots over the San Francisco Bay this morning: the pocket of unstable air embedded behind the main front of this storm set up the right conditions for some dramatic cloud development! #CAwx
Another moody system crawling across The Bay last night. It’s possible I’m having TOO much fun learning aerial photography 🤩
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Another moody system crawling across The Bay last night. It’s possible I’m having TOO much fun learning aerial photography 🤩
Tonight’s sunset over the San Francisco Bay was a feast of different cloud types! #cawx
(One of my first ever flights with my drone, plz forgive my less-than-perfect handling 🙃)
(One of my first ever flights with my drone, plz forgive my less-than-perfect handling 🙃)
September 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Tonight’s sunset over the San Francisco Bay was a feast of different cloud types! #cawx
(One of my first ever flights with my drone, plz forgive my less-than-perfect handling 🙃)
(One of my first ever flights with my drone, plz forgive my less-than-perfect handling 🙃)
It’s a shame I couldn’t get a better photo, this little flush of instability across the bay made for some pretty awesome cumulus spires on this morning’s commute 😍
March 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s a shame I couldn’t get a better photo, this little flush of instability across the bay made for some pretty awesome cumulus spires on this morning’s commute 😍
What a neat taste of the future of our weather reporting infrastructure: KMUX radar is down, and there’s weather kicking up in the Bay right now.
AccuWeather has no way of informing the user that their “radar view” is only showing the bits of what KDAX can see over the hills.
AccuWeather has no way of informing the user that their “radar view” is only showing the bits of what KDAX can see over the hills.
March 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What a neat taste of the future of our weather reporting infrastructure: KMUX radar is down, and there’s weather kicking up in the Bay right now.
AccuWeather has no way of informing the user that their “radar view” is only showing the bits of what KDAX can see over the hills.
AccuWeather has no way of informing the user that their “radar view” is only showing the bits of what KDAX can see over the hills.
Me: over here just trying to have a peaceful moment with a pair of hawks
Nature: bet
[you’ll want the sound 🔈 on 😂]
Nature: bet
[you’ll want the sound 🔈 on 😂]
March 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Me: over here just trying to have a peaceful moment with a pair of hawks
Nature: bet
[you’ll want the sound 🔈 on 😂]
Nature: bet
[you’ll want the sound 🔈 on 😂]
Epic icebow/halo over SF State on this gorgeous sunny day
February 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Epic icebow/halo over SF State on this gorgeous sunny day