#2569 "Sunday Weather Bedtime Story"

#2569 "Sunday Weather Bedtime Story" 11x14

Every sunset offers at least an hour of solid entertainment. This sky revealed the warm conveyor belt of the next autumn storm on the way. The surface winds were light southeasterlies but the high cirrus cloud was steadily advancing on Singleton Lake from the west. Cirrus within those atmospheric swells was shearing to the southeast. The slant on the embedded wind waves within those swells looked to be point toward the northeast. Perspective plays an important part in the interpretation of cloud lines. 

A bird's eye satellite view using the water vapour imagery reconciled that the slant on the embedded wind waves was indeed downwind from the col of the deformation zone - toward the southeast. The atmospheric puzzle pieces were all consistent with the anticyclonic companion of the warm conveyor belt approaching in the sunset sky. 

The rain associated more with the cyclonic companion of the warm conveyor belt was still many hours away. All of the components of a weather system to the west of your location, must eventually pass by your location. 

The dark cloud that was directly overhead at sunset was being steered toward the northwest with the cold conveyor belt of the system. The sun had already set as far as that cloud was concerned. The cyclonic shape of the cloud edges was consistent with the swirl paired with the anticyclonic companion of the storm. Curling the fingers of your Coriolis Hand in the direction of the cloud edges enforces that your thumb is pointing upward. 

The conclusion of simply watching the sunset cloud edges and the motion of the cloud, revealed that rain was on the way. That rain was heavy at times.

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