Stephen M.'s photos with the keyword: cloud

A squall line forming an impressive shelf cloud as it is about the move over Sunderland. As expected, it brought very intense but short lived rain and gusty winds. PIP #1: The rain radar screenshot shows the precipitation band stretching across northern England.

In mid-December 2023, an unusual airflow led to significantly colder than average temperatures to the stratospheric airmass above western and central Europe. One of the side effects of this was the possibility of observing polar stratospheric clouds in the region. Forming only temperatures below -79 Degrees C, they are best looked for around sunrise and sunset when these high altitude clouds are illuminated by the sunset. PIP #1: PSC seen from the National Glass Centre. PIP #2: Another view of the PSC above Sunderland.

Fabulous colours and clouds at sunset in Ely.

Looking across the Boldon Flats nature reserve towards Cleadon, with a towering Cumolonimbus cloud in the background. The 160 year old Cleadon water tower can be seen in the background.