A record of the changing Suffolk sky . . . click on a picture to view large . . . best seen full screen.

Monday 30 August 2010

A bright sunny bank holiday afternoon, with lots of fair weather cumulus humilis in all directions.
Once upon a time I'd have taken off across the fields. Alas, no longer possible. The spirit is willing but the body's decrepit.
There was a pleasant warm breeze. The saplings by Manor Farm were being blown about under some cumulus fractus.

Later, I glanced out of the window and noticed this stratocumulus cumulogenitus, spreading out as the sun set.

Saturday 28 August 2010

Peach tinted stratocumulus at dusk.

Friday 27 August 2010

Around tea-time, a few cumulus congentus clouds flattened out as the air currents changed, forming stratocumulus cumulogenitus.


This is a panorama formed by joining two photographs, so best seen large - just click on the picture.

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Late afternoon on a breezy day with showers - a break in the stratocumulus at a distance allowed a patch of bright cumulus to be seen. I thought it looked quite dramatic.

Monday 23 August 2010

This was taken with my phone in Ipswich, in a friend's garden. We were sitting in her conservatory when she commented on how fast these cumulus clouds were billowing up. Wish I'd had my camera with me.

The combine driver worked late last night to get this field cut before the rain came in the early morning.


A few fragments of cumulus humilis in the foreground, and on the horizon, cumulus congestus, coloured by the setting sun.

Friday 20 August 2010

Butterfly and bobbles

It wasn't until I looked closely at this shot of some stratocumulus cloudlets that I notice a high-flying butterfly.

Wednesday 18 August 2010

Late in the day, light and shade under a dark sky.

Sunday 15 August 2010

Rather oppressive stratocumulus.

Saturday 14 August 2010

At a high altitude, wavy sheets of cirrostratus. Lower down, cumulus humilis.

Thursday 12 August 2010

Bright white cumulus


Some lovely cumulus clouds appeared between showers.

Wednesday 11 August 2010

Rainy night clouds

Taken through the car windscreen on the way home at the end of a wet day.

Monday 9 August 2010

Hazy morning

Not much blue sky to be seen this morning, though the sun was shining, because of a layer of cirrostratus. It cleared later.

Saturday 7 August 2010

Wet grey afternoon

A little sunshine, followed by rain. Good for the garden but the clouds weren't very photogenic.

Monday 2 August 2010

Breezy day

Lots of cumulus today, and a pleasant breeze. It started to rain as I got home.