Bright white

Bright white cumulus scattered all over the sky.

Variety

A bright sunny day with an assortment of clouds.

Low level cumulus and high level cirrostratus.

More low level cumulus and higher wisps of what looks like altocumulus.

Low level cumulus, some altocumulus, and a milky veil of cirrostratus.

Thin streaks of high altocumulus radiatus, tinted peachey-pink by a setting sun.

Wet again

Fast-moving fragmented pannus clouds below a layer of altocumulus on a showery day.

Thousands of gallons of rain

It rained today.

To the coast and back

Drove to Clacton today. Saw some cumulus congestus on the way. The sea was flat with faint clouds in the distance. It rained on the way home. The rainbow was near Harwich. By evening, there was a light sandwich in the sky.

After it thawed

Calmer weather - no more snow.

Active sky

There was so much going on in the sky today that I didn't get much work done. Every time I looked out of the window, there was another photogenic cloud.

Cumulonimbus Incus - a big one

Cumulonimbus, originally uploaded by Sparrows' Friend.

Snow showers all day. This was taken late afternoon. Click on the image for a larger version.

I spotted this from my window. It's a cumulonimbus with an anvil. "Incus" is Latin for anvil, a characteristic shape of this enormous cloud, which holds a staggering amount of water. The flattened top is formed from ice crystals at the top of the troposphere, where it can't go any higher. These clouds can be up to 11 miles high.

The cloud was to the south-west, probably over Felixstowe and Harwich.

Easter snow

Easter Sunday morning, and it snowed. Later, the clouds rolled back.

Calm after snow and sleet

Today we had wind, rain, sleet and snow (which didn't stick). This was a calm period at about 5 pm.

Shades of grey and blue

Cold and windy, with showers. Mostly stratocumulus. This was a break in the clouds late in the day, with scraps of cumulus and altocumulus.

Cold day

Cold day with very few light showers.

Grey again

This was late afternoon. There were lots of dark clouds, a few patches of blue sky, and it was cold.

Bobbles

Taken at about the same time, looking south-east (above) and north-west (below).

Stratus at sunset

It was mostly fine with few clouds but I didn't take any photos until late, hence this sunset over Ipswich.

Clear sky, cold wind

Cold wind all day.

Grey, blue and pink

Still windy, no more rain. For a little while, there was a clear sky. This was late afternoon.

Heavy showers

They've had gale force winds and coastal flooding in the west today. We got off relatively lightly, though I did get soaked going to the Post Office.

Distant cumulus

A wet week is forecast.

Some sun

Thin clouds

Wild March skies

It rained and it blew.

Build-up to rain

The day started with cumulus humilis and mediocris scattered across the sky, then they all joined up. This was followed by some nimbostratus, then it rained.

March blew in

Another windy day. Plenty of cumulus humilis, and altocumulus floccus (the small blobby clouds) later in the afternoon.