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Re: clouds

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:39 am
by steve shearer
Mackeral sky is alto-cumulus or cirro-cumulus.

Mares tails is classic cirrus mostly. Usually occurring in pre-frontal NW to W winds.


Both pretty good surf indicator clouds.

Re: clouds

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:50 am
by crabmeat thompson
alakaboo wrote:
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.

You should have got a fistful and shoved them your pants.

There's your festive season.

Re: clouds

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:01 pm
by BA
skipper wrote:
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.
They've actually been seen as far south as Melbourne. The world is fucked.

Re: clouds

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:15 pm
by Beanpole
Just checked up on cloud types and you are 100 percent right Steve.
I always thought stratus were high level but they are in fact those drifting low level clouds. A bit like smoke drifting.

Re: clouds

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:50 am
by Beanpole
I was up in Cairns a while after one of the cyclones and they said that a week before the cyclone all these sea birds flew in and roosted under eaves and in trees around town.

Re: clouds

Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 11:55 am
by steve shearer
pre-frontal cirrus swooping in from the W, cumulus towers seaward. Classic May sky.

Re: clouds

Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 12:49 pm
by Donweather
steve shearer wrote:Classic May sky.
Any chance of classic fecking May swell Sat/Sun Steve!!!