#2636 "Singleton Spring Cumulus"

#2636 "Singleton Spring Cumulus"
11x14 inches oil

The first of several cold fronts had passed through but the boundary layer still supported the energetic cumulus of spring – positively buoyant indeed. I wanted to preserve the energy of that sky within the oils on the panel. 

Those gravity waves in the altocumulus clouds were certainly riding the cold frontal surface aloft. The northwesterly surface winds were partially turned by friction (Adding-Friction-PBL). The streets of turbulent stratocumulus revealed the direction of the boundary layer winds. The westerly winds in the free atmosphere aloft as evidenced by the gravity waves, meant that the winds backed with height which is the signature of cold advection in the atmosphere (Shifting Winds). Nature makes sense if we only take the time to listen to what she has to say. 

The grey ice that we had been watching slowly deteriorate over the past week had turned white with fresh snowfall on it. 

The smooth and slippery surface was fun to paint on. 

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