Blog posts about weather at Permanent Tourist

Almost every year, prevailing winds bring fine dust and sand from the Sahara desert to southern Europe.

I visit the wintry mountain-top viewpoint at Männlichen, above Wengen and Grindelwald, to photograph the annual combined Patrouille Suisse/SWISS airliner air show.

Dark clouds over Thun’s Panorama shopping centre

One of the phrases which comes down from generation to generation in Britain, which is used when seeing dark, stormy clouds in the distance. Quick online research shows that the phrase dates back to the 19th century at least, but there appears to be no clear indication of its initial origin.

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Panoramic aerial photograph of the Tschingellochtighorn in Switzerland

Obstinacy got me past a viewpoint I had aimed for and gave me the opportunity to capture a wonderfully dramatic alternative image.

Views from home across the lake to the Niederhorn on a winter Sunday.

The “Nebelmeer” (lit. sea of cloud) is a fabulous meteorological phonemenon at this time of year, caused by a band of dense cloud sealing cold air beneath it in alpine valleys.

A photo I took a year ago today reminds me to put down the lighting gear and head out with just a camera and a pair of comfortable shoes, to capture the light which needs no help.

Posts about weather

The Lauberhorn flight

Black over Will’s Mother’s

Tschingellochtighorn from Engstligenalp

Changeable Sunday

Changing tack