The final posthumously presented post: March 18th

My witness is the empty sky.
Jack Kerouac


A morning not unlike the many I've followed in the recent past; a light coloured cirrostratus type cover layered the morning sky with several patches of blue peeking through. There were some occasional and bright rays of sun breaking through to the surface in the am, but as the day developed, the sky cover became more intense and the temperature felt as though it took a dive.

In the early afternoon the cloud cover grew darker and much thicker in appearance. Travelling across town to the North Shore, I noticed there were increasingly less breaks in the cloud cover, and the general air of the day became gloomier. The air on the North Shore was biting and felt rather damp.

As the afternoon progressed, the air got colder and more dismal feeling. I suppose the dismal feeling could be more closely related to the fact that the sky became completely over cast and entirely featureless. The cloud cover also appeared lower on the North Shore, but that may just be due to a difference in the perspective. The air seemed still and not particularly damp when I first departed from the North Shore, but around 3pm a light drizzle began to fall. It was a very sparse rainfall, where it seemed as though you could walk between and around individual drops. It was almost like sporadic precipitation, but that is not accurate, because it fell for a good deal of time. The winds also picked up once the rain began to fall, and I felt the wind gust past my house several times throughout the evening. Good ole Vancouver Special construction!

First two photos: facing west, 100% cover nimbostratus clouds @ 5pm

 And to the East...what a lovely day!