How Can I Tell If A Cloud Will Bring Rain?
Is it going to rain? What a popular question. The key to longer-term forecasts lies in studying changes in clouds and fronts over hours, but…
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A Riddle for Sailors
Just back from a bracing and invigorating couple of days on the water. My wife and I sailed from Chichester to Cowes, where we met…
The First Frost
The northerly winds were carrying high cirrus and contrails down towards the coast this morning. They have brought colder air, as forecast yesterday. This gave…
A Thousand Clouds in One Day
We were in the hot and wet season in Phuket last week. The skies were in constant turmoil at all levels. The warm humid air…
Cloudy Full Moon
This is the full moon from two nights ago, rising amongst the clouds. The picture was taken at about 11 o’ clock and so we…
Three Winds
I took this picture a week ago. It shows the lower fair-weather cumulus clouds against the upper cirrus clouds. It is not at all unusual…
The Art of White Edges
This morning was filled with a breezy walk up to Halnaker Windmill. The sun was out for most of the way up the hill, but…
Contrails and Continents
This morning’s sun was a strong enough clue, but if we wanted to know which way was southeast then these aircraft contrails are pointing the…
Sunset Light
I can remember sitting at a restaurant in the small and perfectly formed fishing village of Trehiguier in southern Brittany last July. I had my…
A Smorgasbord of Clouds
Tonight’s early evening sky is a feast of cloud types. Cumulus, passing low and darkened by the shade, perhaps the last of the fair-weather clouds…
The Friendly Moon
Last night was one of those occasions where the moon was the natural navigator’s best option. At about 10pm the sky overhead was overcast with…