Frog Up or Down

 In today’s weather review, (2026-11-06) I took a look at my normal weather apps, and as normal for this time of the year, but the weather boys are telling me that the Polar Vortex is not doing what it should for this time of the year. So I took a look at the earth Nullschool weather app (I have set up the view for you) and took a look at the the top down view of the artic at high level, and its clear whats happened, there is a high moving into the region and its managed to split the normal low, a left spinning rotation of air, into two, and its shoving these two lows out. If we take a look at the lower levels of air, were the jet stream lives, we can see the effects of the split and how the air mass is moving.  A high over Norway is circulating the air drawing in a stream of air from a low just south of Norway, its a complex little picture, but its giving the UK a lot of cloud and a little rain. Is this important to the Architectural Technologist, well yes, it’s a reminder as...

  Shadow - There is something magical about it There is something about shadow that’s magical, it comes in so many shades, shapes and depth. I can easily sit and study a shadow for an hour or so, and watch the ever changing hue, the crisp edge changing to a fazed line blending into another shadow as some one passes by, or a Lorry casting its large moving shadow. Shadow is often predictable, but there is always the unpredictable element that creeps in from unexpected change. Clouds pass by, a mist forms, a flock of birds projects not only a moving shadow, but an animated shadow. Often we think of a shadow as being cast by the sun, but other sources of light might also cast a shadow, a street light casts its own type of shadow, never moving, unlike the sun who has not only 365 days but each hour, minute, second, to change its shadow. My Neighbour took a night photo of his new garden layout and I was surprised to see how some solar powered lanterns placed round the lawn border, had ca...

  An Introduction to Sound Tags: #Article #Mitchells-Construction #Sound #Mass #Airborn-Sound #Impact-Sound #Airbourne #Structurebourne #Earthbornesound #Earthtides #Earthwaves #White-Noise Lectures: Sound Basic Understanding Sound Advanced Understanding Books: Mitchells Environment & Services - Peter Burberry Acoustic Noise & Buildings - P H Parkin British Gypsum “ White Book” YouTube See Article Sound for a more extended article link in the Bibliography Introduction Sound is covered in depth in the “Environment & Services book”, by Peter Burberry, with the physics of sound, but it’s important to understand the basic concept of sound when detailing a building. Well this is a revised edition of my sound notes, the video I made lacked any sound, I have no idea why, so thanks to all those who left me a note, I hope this new intro video works ? Introduction The famous saying, No one can hear you scream in space is classic but essentially true; no atmosphere means no sound....