Took this about 6:25 am on my walk this morning!  Should be a storm coming in late tomorrow!  ⛈

 

What a peaceful time.  Maybe there is something to it (taking a walk at dawn)

1 hour ago, Mace said:

What a peaceful time.  Maybe there is something to it (taking a walk at dawn)

Very peacefull time with very little traffic and few people out!  One other person across the street also taking
pic of the sunrise and red sky.

Below is a pic (I did not take this one) of the San Francisco skyline just after sunrise during
the big Napa County fires back in 2023.  The same area where I was walking this morning looked
identical.  Just like the Twilight Zone!

51 minutes ago, charliearon said:

Very peacefull time with very little traffic and few people out!  One other person across the street also taking
pic of the sunrise and red sky.

Below is a pic (I did not take this one) of the San Francisco skyline just after sunrise during
the big Napa County fires back in 2023.  The same area where I was walking this morning looked
identical.  Just like the Twilight Zone!

Very ominous looking but in it's own way beautiful.  At least until you have to take a breath of that air.  I remember in the summer of 2024.  Much of the Northeastern US was heavily affected by the wild fires up in Ontario.  For several days we had some of the worst air quality in the world.

Back to early morning walks.  Lovely peaceful time of day.  In my younger days, I used to love spending the night in my small tree house in our woods.  My favorite part was early dawn and watching the forest come alive.  Foxes hunting, deer on the move, owls coming in for their day time perch, grouse and pheasants foraging.  Some of the most memorable times of my youth and early twenties. 

The little male and lfemale weather gods' effects for 2025 November in California, according to Google AI

El Niño is not forecast: The chance of an El Niño developing is extremely low for this period.

La Niña is likely: There is a moderate to high probability (60-65%) that La Niña conditions will be present during November 2025.

Expected weather impacts

Northern California: May see above-average precipitation and below-average temperatures.

Southern California: Are likely to experience below-average precipitation and above-average temperatures.

We're supposed to have below-average precip and above-average temps here in the mid-mississippi valley
although we just on the northern edge of the southern U.S. dry pattern, so you never know

Last time I checked, the first half of winter was supposed to be a La Nina pattern.

My late dog Lucky would have liked a morning walk, but I always walked with him in the evenings.  He was always game for any walk at any time though...being a terrier, he had 1,000 things to sniff, and holes to dig!  Serious business!

I spent twenty-five years getting up at 5.45 a.m. to get into work. Being a foolish old guy this gave me a chance for a stroll along the seafront with a cup of coffee and a cigarette. Winter sunrises are always spectacular.

Now I'm a retired slob I tend to start the day at the crack of 9a.m.✌️

 

Great shot of Sidmouth, Devon, UK.