The blueness of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Happy Sky Watch Friday!! It's post time!!! (Please visit our host, Tom, Klaus, Sandy and Imac's Sky Watch blog (click here or on the logo to participate) to participate in Sky Watch Fridays. So much fun!!! I highly recommend it!) Today, I decided to post some shots from my trip this past weekend to the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, when bf became MFG... for details about that, look below two posts or click on this link... anyways, The Blue Ridge Mountains, or the Smoky Mountains, or the Smokies, they absolutely amaze me with their perpetual blue haze which is what earned them their name...

The name of the area comes from the natural haze that often hangs over it. Trees put the "blue" in Blue Ridge, from the hydrocarbons released into the atmosphere — as well as higher humidity — thereby contributing to the characteristic haze on the mountains and their distinctive color produce a bluish cast to the sky, even over short distances.

This last shot was taken on Saturday during the scattered drizzle. I love the way the low clouds/fog create the illusion of smoke resonating from the mountains, reiterating where they got their name...

Aside from that, we see that the tropical wave off the coast of Africa has lost some of its associated moisture and is moving into the cooler waters north of the Cape Verde Islands, thereby hurting chances of development... looking less and less like Edouard now.

Leaving the Atlantic Ocean, we journey into the northern midwest where they are experiencing more severe weather possibilities today. This morning, while I was getting ready, they announced a tornado warning with one of the systems passing through up there. The big story was the wind, hurricane force gusts tearing down power lines and hundred year old trees. The system up in Minnesota/Iowa has definitely bowed out attm, and continues to be a dangerous threat for severe wind. Severe weather season... in the northern plains.

In closing, someone shared this precious video with me... I thought I would pass it along... it's a heart-warming little 4 year old, who has amazing spirit... It actually made me tear up... sweet.

Have a lovely day,
~Dewdrop