#2706 "October Afternoon Between the Rain Bands"

#2706 "October Afternoon Between the Rain Bands"
5x7 inches oils

I decided to take the opportunity between the bands of cold low rain to go out and paint some clouds. It had rained hard most of the day. I was confined to the Singleton Sanctuary in the morning to look out the window. I had given the turkeys some corn so they were milling about as I painted. Wild turkeys make a lot of interesting sounds as they communicate back and forth. 

The cyclonic centre of the cold low pattern was still far to the west over Lake Huron. The cold low air mass was convectively unstable to begin with. Rain bands spun around the cold low like spiral spokes on a wheel. The opportunities for plein-air painting would be limited to those short periods between the spokes. Colder air would follow behind the cold low. Heavier bands of rain and snow were bound to develop when that air crossed the still relatively warm Great Lakes. The rest of the week would be much more like winter... 

I revisited this sunset again at 6 pm in #2710 "Cold Low Rain Sunset". What a difference an hour and a half makes in the sky. 

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick