Vermilion Sands

The garden after all that rain

Cloud of the Day: Contrails

X! TEN kilowatts! And yesterday we only made ONE!
You wouldn’t believe some of the barmy ideas some people have about contrails.

Cloud of Yesterday: Cumulus fractus with a surfer

Cloud of the Evening: Lenticularis

12-04-28 — An iridescent stack of pancakes served up with cirrus and cumulus

Cloud of the Day: Cumulus humilis

A delicate veil of thin cloud on the head of a towering cumulus on a day of cumulonimbus and nimbostratus, in a month when we have the most rain since our records began (in 2010). And a couple of cloudy faces looking away from each other, of course…

Weather of the Day: Rain rain rain rain rain rain

Cloud of the Day: Stratus undulatus

12-04-24 — Wavy clouds. Go on, wave goodbye

It is looking more and more likely that the April output from the solar panels will be worse than that of March. Clouds, you were lovely. We enjoyed your performance. Now go away.

Weather of the Day: Rain, very unsettled

12-04-23 — Raindrops on roses (and whiskers on kittens)

Head in the Clouds: Just a pretty face

Cumulus fractus in front of cirrostratus, still wearing mascara and lipstick after last night

Clouds of the Evening: Party time

12-04-21 — Cumulus fractus, stratus and lenticularis putting on the blusher for a night out

Cloud of the Day: Insulation

Today a couple of blokes came round to insulate our house under the Wrap Up Leeds scheme. While they worked a gentle snow of fluffy fibre flakes fell all around, but as they worked, the insulation worked open the ventilator in the bathroom and filled the room with a fabulous fall of fluff.

Weather of the Day: More rain

Weather of the Day: Rain

Yesterday, despite a constant procession of large cumulus clouds, the solar panels had their best day ever. Today, under an incessant downpour, we barely scraped a kilowatt. And yes, the face of an evil whiskery dog appears in the shadow of the bollard. Pareidolia is inescapable.

Cloud of the Day: Clouds that Look Like Atheists

Here’s another cloud that looks like a face, with a cloud beard and little cloud glasses. After Darwin the other day, I think the clouds are portraying PZ Myers. Makes a change from Jesus