#2664 "May Evening Post Cold Frontal Altocumulus"

#2664 "May Evening Post Cold Frontal Altocumulus"
5x7 oils on canvas

The cold front had gone through and a ridge of high pressure was building in. 

Remnant pieces of altocumulus in the hang back from the low pressure area were lingering in the sunset sky. The atmospheric frame winds were clearly northwesterly but there were also elongated fingers of cloud stretched from the northwest. I interpreted those as Langmuir streaks. The night-time microphysics image confirmed the deduced pattern. A band of cloud low on the horizon did not reveal how it was oriented but I painted what I saw so it must be right according to nature. 

The west basin of Singleton Lake was exposed to the northwesterly winds behind the cold front. The rippled surface of the west basin was reflecting the blue sky above. The calm waters of the protected east basin of Singleton were reflecting the sky that was lower on the horizon. 

I wanted to have some fun with the colours and stay home too. For this and much more art, click on Pixels. Thank you.