Tristan Gooley
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will tell us something about where we are it'll tell us something about either direction or or possibly what the wind has been doing and and through that we can start to build up a richer picture of what's going on around us so tell me some other things like that that i don't know well i'll put myself on the spot here you tell me one thing you've seen uh and we haven't prepped this i genuinely have no idea what you're going to say tell me something you've seen outdoors in the in the last few days
will tell us something about where we are it'll tell us something about either direction or or possibly what the wind has been doing and and through that we can start to build up a richer picture of what's going on around us so tell me some other things like that that i don't know well i'll put myself on the spot here you tell me one thing you've seen uh and we haven't prepped this i genuinely have no idea what you're going to say tell me something you've seen outdoors in the in the last few days
will tell us something about where we are it'll tell us something about either direction or or possibly what the wind has been doing and and through that we can start to build up a richer picture of what's going on around us so tell me some other things like that that i don't know well i'll put myself on the spot here you tell me one thing you've seen uh and we haven't prepped this i genuinely have no idea what you're going to say tell me something you've seen outdoors in the in the last few days
Well, I saw fog when I woke up this morning. It was foggy outside. Okay. So fog, the simplest way to think of it is it's a low cloud. There are different types of fog, but if you see fog early in the morning, it's a counterintuitive sign that actually the weather's probably going to be quite good because it's a type of fog called radiation fog.
Well, I saw fog when I woke up this morning. It was foggy outside. Okay. So fog, the simplest way to think of it is it's a low cloud. There are different types of fog, but if you see fog early in the morning, it's a counterintuitive sign that actually the weather's probably going to be quite good because it's a type of fog called radiation fog.
Well, I saw fog when I woke up this morning. It was foggy outside. Okay. So fog, the simplest way to think of it is it's a low cloud. There are different types of fog, but if you see fog early in the morning, it's a counterintuitive sign that actually the weather's probably going to be quite good because it's a type of fog called radiation fog.
And what happens when we see fog very near the start of the day is it's actually a sign that the sky's been clear overnight. heat has radiated out of the land, the land has grown very cold, and moist air when it touches cold land forms this blanket of fog in the morning. So if it's a still morning, and you walk out into fog, there's a pretty good chance the sun will be shining by lunchtime.
And what happens when we see fog very near the start of the day is it's actually a sign that the sky's been clear overnight. heat has radiated out of the land, the land has grown very cold, and moist air when it touches cold land forms this blanket of fog in the morning. So if it's a still morning, and you walk out into fog, there's a pretty good chance the sun will be shining by lunchtime.
And what happens when we see fog very near the start of the day is it's actually a sign that the sky's been clear overnight. heat has radiated out of the land, the land has grown very cold, and moist air when it touches cold land forms this blanket of fog in the morning. So if it's a still morning, and you walk out into fog, there's a pretty good chance the sun will be shining by lunchtime.
Yeah, the cloud world is like a lot of nature. It can be intimidating because people are maybe curious and they start to investigate it and then they start getting hit by too much Latin and they start realising there's a classification system and maybe I'm meant to learn the names of 20 different clouds. And I come at all of these things in a totally different way. Names are never important.
Yeah, the cloud world is like a lot of nature. It can be intimidating because people are maybe curious and they start to investigate it and then they start getting hit by too much Latin and they start realising there's a classification system and maybe I'm meant to learn the names of 20 different clouds. And I come at all of these things in a totally different way. Names are never important.
Yeah, the cloud world is like a lot of nature. It can be intimidating because people are maybe curious and they start to investigate it and then they start getting hit by too much Latin and they start realising there's a classification system and maybe I'm meant to learn the names of 20 different clouds. And I come at all of these things in a totally different way. Names are never important.
So, because we can look at a sign in nature, like a cloud, and worry about what type of Latin word and stuff like that. But actually you could go to meet an indigenous person on the other side of the world and they will be able to see the sign in it and you'll never agree what that cloud should be called.
So, because we can look at a sign in nature, like a cloud, and worry about what type of Latin word and stuff like that. But actually you could go to meet an indigenous person on the other side of the world and they will be able to see the sign in it and you'll never agree what that cloud should be called.
So, because we can look at a sign in nature, like a cloud, and worry about what type of Latin word and stuff like that. But actually you could go to meet an indigenous person on the other side of the world and they will be able to see the sign in it and you'll never agree what that cloud should be called.
So that's a really important point for me is that names are never actually the interesting part, but shapes and patterns are. So in clouds, what we do is we think about three main families of clouds. There are the blanket clouds, which, if we're going to use the Latin, is stratus, just from the Latin for blanket. And these are the long, flat, you know, they can cover an entire landscape.
So that's a really important point for me is that names are never actually the interesting part, but shapes and patterns are. So in clouds, what we do is we think about three main families of clouds. There are the blanket clouds, which, if we're going to use the Latin, is stratus, just from the Latin for blanket. And these are the long, flat, you know, they can cover an entire landscape.
So that's a really important point for me is that names are never actually the interesting part, but shapes and patterns are. So in clouds, what we do is we think about three main families of clouds. There are the blanket clouds, which, if we're going to use the Latin, is stratus, just from the Latin for blanket. And these are the long, flat, you know, they can cover an entire landscape.
And they're pretty dreary. And they just really tell you that there's not going to be much change over the next few hours. And if there's any change, it's going to be glacial in pace. Everything's going to happen very slowly. They are the least interesting of the three. The other two, the next one we look at is the bubbling up heaped clouds, the cumulus clouds.
And they're pretty dreary. And they just really tell you that there's not going to be much change over the next few hours. And if there's any change, it's going to be glacial in pace. Everything's going to happen very slowly. They are the least interesting of the three. The other two, the next one we look at is the bubbling up heaped clouds, the cumulus clouds.