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puffy white cumulus high pressure tradewind clouds.

pre-frontal band nor-west clouds .

Low level clouds streaming into developing low pressure, particularly hybrid systems forming off the SEQLD coast.

there's plenty in that.

Ive looked at clouds from both sides now.

Cumulus
Nimbus
Cumulo-Nimbus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulostratus
Cirrostratus
Cumulocirrus

.....its clouds illusions I recall'
I really don't know clouds at all.

I shed a tear on identifying a mackerel sky.
It's one my late bro used to like to point out to me.

I get them in my coffee sometimes too.

Cumulocirrus if I'm not mistaken.

fongss wrote:wats a mackerel sky

A mackerel sky is a collection of clouds in lines that kind of resemble the markings of a mackerel.



Had a nice black storm front move in from the NW earlier. Its gone now ... and an eerie yellow hue has invaded the evening sky.

yep. And more significantly that it indicates reasonably settled weather.
Its pattern is usually the after effect of unsettled conditions, now heralding stable weather to follow.

Really? Thought they meant a front was coming in 2 days or so
Like mares tails

I love mares tails. Fav clouds.

no, that mackerel sky comes after the weather, usually with an amazing red sky at night sunset.

alakaboo wrote:Really? Thought they meant a front was coming in 2 days or so
Like mares tails

cumulo stratos.

alakaboo wrote:Really? Thought they meant a front was coming in 2 days or so
Like mares tails

prolly still in holiday mode 'boo

fongles



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Womble wrote:

fongss wrote:wats a mackerel sky

A mackerel sky is a collection of clouds in lines that kind of resemble the markings of a mackerel.



Had a nice black storm front move in from the NW earlier. Its gone now ... and an eerie yellow hue has invaded the evening sky.

isn't the cloud broken up into that pattern as a result of it mixing with really cold air? shearer?

no, thats the pre-frontal cirrus. The mares tails.

thats a result of decaying frontal systems or low pressure encountering stable high pressure.

Bullshit.

It's what happens when God sneezes.

Braithy wrote:Bullshit.

It's what happens when God sneezes.

Holy crap ... what happens when she menstruates ?

aren't you half blackfella?

you should be telling us.

Bam! ....(emperor fongss)

I read recently that Koels are finding their way south to Bega and to Orange in the west, beyond their previous range.
Shit's getting real.

steve shearer wrote:no, thats the pre-frontal cirrus. The mares tails.

thats a result of decaying frontal systems or low pressure encountering stable high pressure.

I thought mares tails were cumuli stratus.
The mackerel sky type thing is cumuli cirrus or cirrus.
The cumulus part is the fluffy bit.

fongss wrote:What about birds? Fruit trees and other aninals?

How can watching and being aware them help predict local weather

The ants in central Qld were the worst I've ever seen them, all carrying larvae to higher ground.