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Tuesday, 8 December 2009

December 8th

No rain today. Judging from the cloud patterns, there were strong winds at high altitudes, though it wasn't windy at ground level.

The first photo shows the edge of a sheet of stratocumulus stratiformis.

In the second photo, the setting sun is reflected on the underside of a sheet of altocumulus. At the bottom of the sky, you can see virga falling from stratocumulus - the hook-shaped trails underneath the cloud.


Sunday, 22 November 2009

Virga in November

Altocumulus floccus clouds with virga (fallstreaks) trailing beneath on a wet Sunday. The streaks of rain dissipate before they reach the ground.

Wednesday, 28 November 2007

Fallstreak hole

A hole in the altocumulus cut by falling ice crystals (precipitation) from a higher cloud.