Vermilion Sands – Page 111 – An occasional journal

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

Critters of the Day: Lady(and Gentleman)birds

12-04-15 — If they were brother and sister, it would be insect incest

Cloud of the Day: Clouds That Look Like Things

12-04-13 — Charles Darwin contemplating a couple of unknown animals

Clouds That Look Like things is available from all good bookshops. For some reason, there are no pictures of clouds that look like cauliflowers.

Cloud of the Evening: Stratocumulus

Cloud of the day: Cumulus congestus

Cloud of the Day: Expanding cumulus

Cloud of the Evening: Stratus duplicatus

After three days of non-stop nimbostratus the clouds split up and go their separate ways — for a while

Critter of the Day: Ladybird

Cloud of the Day: Scud

12-04-06 — A flying fish for Good Friday

OK it doesn’t look very like a fish but it looks about as much like a fish as this fish looks like Jesus. And the fish is Jesus’ avatar, after all.

Kirkgate Market Newsletter

Read all about it!

Weather of the Day: Clear

Weather of the Day: Snow

12-04-04 — Walking in a spring wonderland

Hard to believe that a week ago we had daytime temperatures of over 25 degrees, and that three days ago the solar panels served up over 8 kilowatts…

Cloud of the Day: Nimbostratus

Cloud of the day: Cirrus with a sundog

Cloud of the Day: Cirrocumulus

12-03-29 — A helicopter flies in front of delicate high clouds

Cloud of the Day: Cirrostratus

Today the solar panels hit 7kWh for the first time. The flat morning may be due to dew; the jagged afternoon on a cloudless sunny day is a bit of a mystery

Cloud of the Day: Cirrus uncinus

Curls and swirls of angel’s hair