#2980 "Singleton Sunset Golden Hour Before the Showers"

#2980 "Singleton Sunset Golden Hour Before the Showers" 
16 x 20 oils on canvas
started at 9:15 am on Thursday, October 30th, 2025

It is not vital to understand the meteorology behind the sky of every painting. However, I find it interesting and like to share a bit of science as well as art. 

A quasistationary frontal system was draped west to east across the Great Lakes within the cold trough mentioned in #2979 "Singleton Sunrise Sunday September 14th".  Such a weather system must be weak without any significant vertical depth. If the air mass is convectively unstable, the fronts can trigger showers, which are always welcomed in a drought situation. 

Singleton Lake was barely on the cold, baroclinic side of the front at sunset. The warm sector was clear of clouds. A deck of clouds stretched along and to the north of the front. That is the sky I painted. The rich and warm colours on the western horizon caught my eye at 5:45 pm on that Friday evening in late September (September 26th, 2025). 

As I recall, the showers passed just to our north. We received no relief from the drought at Singleton. The rain was expected to miss us, given the west-to-east orientation of the front. 

The record-low water levels revealed some structures we had never seen before. I could walk across Jim Day Rapids and just get my feet wet. The three rocky shoals were bona fide islands and large enough to support trees. Most notable was a singular rock labelled as "4" in the following graphic. It reminded un os a swimming bear. We actually see quite a few swimming bears. 

The red chairs on our waterfront are well used. There is always something interesting to see and talk about. Of course, being Canadian, there is always the weather to talk about. 

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Warmest regards, and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick