Sunshine and snow showers

Sunshine and snow showers, originally uploaded by Sparrows' Friend.

Some big cumulonimbus clouds passed overhead, shedding snow, sleet and hail-like lumps. Changeable afternoon. One minute bright sunshine, the next deep gloom.

A friend said that the edge of this cloud at the bottom, the dark bit, looks like a man trying to kiss the telegraph pole.

More biggies

A big hairy monster, bringing more rain.

Cloud build-up

Lots of cloud activity today, with cumulus congestus building up in the sunshine.

For a while, there was a mixture of cirrus, contrails, and a few puffs of cumulus mediocris.

Then a build-up of cumulus clouds, like this cloud mountain.

It looked like they were already having rain to the south east.

Forms were changing fast.

The mountain peak was overtaken by a cumulonimbus capillatus (with the fringe on the top).