Douglas Sherman
Staff
I know I am late for this edition of Meteorology Monday, but I had lots of work to complete around the house today. We had a lot of the walls freshly painted and we had to put all of the furniture and wall hangings etc. back in place and it took the whole day to get that done. So here is the usual Monday post on clouds and weather.
Again, here is the chart of basic clouds for your reference.
Today's clouds are going to be high level, ice crystal, cirrus clouds. As you can see from the chart there are cirrus (wispy clouds), cirrostratus clouds (a light veil of clouds that cover the whole sky), and cirrocumulus clouds (small puffy clouds). Please pile on with your cloud images.
Cirrostratus clouds with a halo. This is typical because there are ice crystals resulting from the low temperatures. Halo's, sundogs, and pillars result from the sun's rays bouncing off of the ice crystal planes.
Cirrocumulus and cirrus clouds.
Cirrus clouds
Again, here is the chart of basic clouds for your reference.
Today's clouds are going to be high level, ice crystal, cirrus clouds. As you can see from the chart there are cirrus (wispy clouds), cirrostratus clouds (a light veil of clouds that cover the whole sky), and cirrocumulus clouds (small puffy clouds). Please pile on with your cloud images.
Cirrostratus clouds with a halo. This is typical because there are ice crystals resulting from the low temperatures. Halo's, sundogs, and pillars result from the sun's rays bouncing off of the ice crystal planes.
Cirrocumulus and cirrus clouds.
Cirrus clouds
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