The Friday sunset was so interesting and beautiful that I’m sharing what I saw as a “sunrise” blog. Heavy virga is in the middle of the jumble of clouds. Virga would be rain, but when the humidity is low enough, it evaporates before hitting the ground. It falls from clouds and disappears into the sky […]

Boulder has an ideal climate and geography for the formation of Virga. Virga is a captivating weather phenomenon in Boulder and elsewhere, that presents itself as streaks or wisps descending from a cloud but evaporates or sublimates before reaching the ground. This meteorological marvel occurs when precipitation falls from a cloud into a layer of […]