Looking south-east

Looking south-east, originally uploaded by Sparrows' Friend.

Cold sunshine, clouds over the coast.

Sudden darkness

Noticed it had gone dark and looked out of the window as this bank of cloud arrived overhead, moving south east at speed. The sky was soon completely covered.

A scattering

Cumulus humilis and mediocris scattered across the sky, late afternoon. No precipitation.

Clumpy cumulus

There were some clumpy cumulus clouds around from mid-afternoon. Towards sunset, one looked like a big fat fish.

Rain again

It was the wettest April for ages, and it's still wet. I'm not complaining; the water table badly needed a top up.

Fair weather cirrus

A fine day with cirrus.

A drive through the rain

Went cloud-chasing in the car as it rained. The rape is flowering now, so there are splashes of yellow in the landscape but it was dulled by dark skies yesterday afternoon.

Lots more rain

Stupidly went out without my camera this afternoon. On the way back from Sudbury I saw some lovely clouds in the bright sunshine between showers. Took this looking north-west from Aldham Street later, after posting a letter. By this time, the skies had settled down. The lush green crop shows the rain has done some good.