Extraordinary Clear Skies in the Great Smokies with evidence of veritcal zonation of spring canopy leaf-outExtraordinary Clear Skies in the Great Smokies with evidence of vertical zonation of spring canopy leaf-out. May 18.
090519_ColdMountain
May 19, Tuesday, Cold Knob webcam. Clear evidence of different rates of leaf-out with increased elevation. Cold Mountain is in the Balsam Mtn range SE of the GRSM and is over 5K feet. Climate textbooks often explain that climbing mountains here is compara - May 19, Tuesday, Cold Knob webcam. Clear evidence of different rates of leaf-out with increased elevation. Cold Mountain is in the Balsam Mtn range SE of the GRSM and is over 5K feet. Climate textbooks often explain that climbing mountains here is comparable to moving hundreds of miles to the north. This is not entirely correct, since the sun is always higher in the sky here compared to latitudes closer to the poles. There's a more rapid heating and cooling condition here and you can almost watch leaf-out line climb up the mountain.
090518_2015_LookRock
Monday, May 18, Look Rock webcam with shadow of tower in foreground. - Monday, May 18, Look Rock webcam with shadow of tower in foreground.
090518_2015_PurchaseKnob
Monday, May 18,Purchase Knob webcam. Notice dark, but detailed shadows and extreme view distance. Super clear air. - Monday, May 18,Purchase Knob webcam. Notice dark, but detailed shadows and extreme view distance. Super clear air.