I hung out some washing this morning but the wind was so strong the pegs couldn't hold it, then it started to rain. From around the country there were stories of high winds blowing lorries over and huge waves along the coast. We were deluged during the day so I didn't venture out until late, when the clouds were lined up parallel to the westerly wind. These photos were taken from the same spot, looking in opposite directions.
These flat cumulus humilis are known as "Simpsons clouds" by fans of the TV cartoon series, because of their resemblance to the ones that appear at the beginning of the programmes.
These beautiful wisps of fragmented cumulus appeared overhead during the afternoon.
The beginning of a beautiful sunset in Ipswich, which turned a deep red on the way home. After so much rain, there were pools of water in the fields.
Earlier in the day there was a fleet of cumulus galleons (cumulus mediocris) sailing slowly across the sky, flat-bottomed, in full sail. Alas, I was driving without a camera. By the time I got home, this was all that was left.
The sort of dull, dark, damp day that encourages melancholia, if you're that way inclined. I'm not. This was evening. The wind made it difficult to stand still and focus.
Up late playing online Scrabble last night, so I missed this sunrise. Photo courtesy of my neighbour, Roger Horne. Now it's just another grey day.
There were some more interesting cumulus clouds in the distance, but today was mostly grey, with showers.
As well as the wind, the forecast was "light rain". The wind almost dried my washing before it rained.
After two days of unrelieved greyness, Saturday began with gold and blue, and patches of cirrus and cirrocumulus.
