Sunsets

[teamsaint]

One more:

[cloughie]

One more:

Wow!

[teamsaint]

Sunrise in S Wilts this morning.

[Serial_Apologist]

Beautiful, teamy!

Approaching frontal systems often produce the best sunrises - and retreating ones the best sunsets! But we know the rhyme!

[Keraulophone]

Altocumulus (bubble wrap clouds) always give the most gorgeous sunrises, and sunsets

Here's early evening on the Truro River last week; though is this altocumulus between fronts or altostratus along a warm front?

[teamsaint]

Here's early evening on the Truro River last week; though is this altocumulus between fronts or altostratus along a warm front?

Fab photo. Thanks for posting that.

[cloughie]

Here's early evening on the Truro River last week; though is this altocumulus between fronts or altostratus along a warm front?

That was really something to behold - I saw it further west and it produced a superb sunset, which I tried to describe in Stormy. Weather #6282.

[Serial_Apologist]

Here's early evening on the Truro River last week; though is this altocumulus between fronts or altostratus along a warm front?

Not absolutely sure, but the fact that that band of cloud stretched right across the country, and in a straight line, more-or-less, suggested a mid-tropospheric jet stream cloud layer, at somewhere between 10,000 and 14,000 feet.

[Keraulophone]

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Sunset over Truro Cathedral from my house, Tue 12th July
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[Joseph K]

Very nice, Keraulophone. Great colours.

[french frank]

The sky in the top one has more than a touch of the Turners about it.

[Keraulophone]

Very nice, Keraulophone. Great colours.

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Thank you, JK. We’ve had these colourful skies on consecutive evenings this week.

[Keraulophone]

The sky in the top one has more than a touch of the Turners about it.

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That’s what I was thinking. I ought to go to Charlestown to look out for a tall ship being pulled though the sunset!

[Dave2002]

Not absolutely sure, but the fact that that band of cloud stretched right across the country, and in a straight line, more-or-less, suggested a mid-tropospheric jet stream cloud layer, at somewhere between 10,000 and 14,000 feet.

Just noticed this one - two years late. Msg 155.

I didn't really get warm and cold fronts until I saw some stright line edged banks of cloud from above in a plane. I think the first time I noticed it was on a flight into Stockholm.
Often clouds are more like little islands when viewed from a plane window, and sometimes there are really big one ones - but the straight edge lines are interesting too.

[Serial_Apologist]

Just noticed this one - two years late. Msg 155.

I didn't really get warm and cold fronts until I saw some stright line edged banks of cloud from above in a plane. I think the first time I noticed it was on a flight into Stockholm.
Often clouds are more like little islands when viewed from a plane window, and sometimes there are really big one ones - but the straight edge lines are interesting too.

The best place to see them is on aerial photographs at sufficient distance from Earth to show the distinct regularly associated with bands of cloud which are in turn associated with frontal systems. Seen from above in this way, the edge, where the cloud band dissipates out at its highest level of outflow, can give the illusion of the whole cloud layer or ribbon consisting of a homogeneous mass throughout, whereas in fact what is concealed underneath from that vantage point is a whole lot of complexity, with several layers of cloud, sometimes separated, often merged, concealed from view.