The sunset sky is always special even if it might look like just another cloudy night. There were some streets of turbulent stratocumulus embedded in the very chilly northwesterly winds behind the cold front. Virga extended from the bottom of the stronger elements of cumulus clouds.
Meanwhile, strands of high cirrus also stretched across the sky. These cirrus fingers were stretched along the deformation zone associated with a cold low and weather system over South Dakota. The spacing of those streaks suggested Langmuir processes. I needed the satellite imagery to untangle why the cirrus was there in what should have been a clear and cold ridge.
The subtle weather clues in the sunset sky belied the large area of very significant weather that was creating the inconspicuous hints. There was a lot of rain to the west and in a drought situation, the weather looked promising - at least at a glance. The large upper low was at the same latitude as Singleton but where would it go? The long wave trough was over eastern North America while the strong upper ridge was parked over the west coast - forced by the topography of the Rockies. The impacts of the climate change weakening jet stream were being felt and that upper low would fall into the trough. That much needed rain was likely to pass just south of Singleton.
I locked these images into my mind's eye so I could put them into oils. The weather is always interesting. This view is from 6:45 pm Thursday May 27th, 2021.
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