Last clouds of 2007

Mostly stratus, with some bright spots like these tendrils of cumulus ahead of a bank of cloud.

Light and dark

A layer of altostratus at the top, stratocumulus (with "silver lining") at the bottom. A mostly dull day, with some nimbostratus in the area.

Blue sky

The only clouds I saw all day - not that I was looking all the time.

Mixed-up sky

It got windier as the day wore on.

Cirrus

Lots of cirrus. Pretty colours at sunset.

Wet Christmas

It rained all day, so the only cloud was nimbostratus. The view from my back door wasn't very interesting so I've included my washing line to show you how wet it was.

Layers

It may not be clear from this photo but there are two layers of cloud here - the higher cloud is brighter and in smaller fragments, the lower is darker and softer in appearance - and it's moving faster.

Gulls

Like yesterday, quite a lot of cirrocumulus and spreading contrails - could even see those in the moonlight last night - and a layer of stratocumulus came across late afternoon, when these gulls passed by.

Icy sky

Late afternoon, cirrocumulus - high clouds of ice. Some of these streaks are probably the remains of contrails, spread out.

Nothing to see, again

Another grey day...

Cloudless sky

Only the moon in the late afternoon...

Haze

Shot this just outside the village this morning, when skies were grey in all directions with a hazy light. This was an experiment that didn't work, so I removed all the colour.

A rare patch of blue

Mostly overcast, most of today. This gap moved across the sky quite fast.

Sun almost shining

Taken near Ipswich this morning, when the sun was forcing its way through a layer of stratus.

Bright and sunny

Clouds speeding by so high winds today.

Can't remember what happened yesterday, cloud-wise. It's all a bit of blur, apart from writing lots of Xmas cards.

Late colour

Stratus all day, then I noticed this just before it got dark.

Sunrise

As predicted, a fine, dry day - but chilly. Just a few scraps of cumulus in an otherwise clear sky.

Clear cold sunshine

A bright sunny day with clear blue sky, but cold. There were fragments of altocumulus floating about, like this bit of altocumulus stratiformis undulatus (the cloud arranged in parallel lines). A sign that the air high up in the troposphere is warmish and dry was the number of contrails that barely lasted a few minutes, suggesting that the fine weather will continue. The forecast for tomorrow is "sunny".

At sunset there were no clouds to reflect the sun, just a golden glow in the sky.

Cotton wool sky

In between showers, an outbreak of woolliness.

Altostratus transludidus draws a veil

The day began with fractured altocumulus and cumulus humilis, then a sheet of altostratus translucidus came across, which developed into nimbostratus - more rain.

I'm showing off, using all these cloud names, but I just like the sound of them.

Wet and windy

Rained all day. This is the wind blowing through the eucalyptus tree in next door's garden.

Sun & cirrus

Today's weather forecast was "sunny intervals". This was one of them.

Rain clouds

Nimbostratus is a low level cloud that produces rain. Fair weather cumulus doesn't. What's the difference? It's got a lot to do with the size of the water particles, apparently. Whatever, it was wet today.

What happens when you leave the camera at home...

Lots of cloud action today, with cumulus and cumulonimbus, but missed taking a shot of an optical effect, a really bright and colourful parhelia, on my way into town. Note to self: take camera everywhere.

Stratus day

Nothing worth photographing.

Shades of grey and pink

A sky full of nimbostratus means rain.

Rainy afternoon

Blue sky this morning, rain this afternoon.

Odd cloud

It's been a wild and windy day. I hung out of the bedroom window between showers to capture this odd-shaped cloud.

Wet night

The clouds built up during the afternoon. It was raining by early evening.