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Klenin, some questions which might point to lenticularis if the answers are yes
* is there high ground upwind of the cloud
* was the atmosphere stable (perhaps not if it rained 5 minutes later)
* did the cloud stay still rather than drift with the wind
REF: Letter to the Editor, ‘British eccentrics’ from Malcolm Mitchell; The Times 11MAR2019
Mitchell ends ‘The next day I was fishing in the Lee when Lady Carton de Wiart appeared at the top of the bank, ringing a bell and announcing tea. When I got to the top of the bank there were two chairs and a table on which were two glasses and a bottle of bubbly in an ice bucket. The perfect way to watch the sunset.’
Klenin, sorry, I tend not to see Cloud of the Day – I should have realised.
Michael, a thought – is it possible your lenticular (heading to the top of the tree on the right) is old velum having formed under the congestus and now drifting away?
Anecdote in Sathnam Sanghera’s Notebook, The Times, UK, today:
‘Viral tweet of the week from the comedy writer @pauleggleston: “I’ve written a script for a low budget version of ‘The Tempest’. It’s just a draught at the moment.” ‘.
Pod spotting/Podcast – bottle nose dolphin, picture 8
This appeared in The Times, UK, yesterday 15MAR2019.
Klenin you have a knack for asking enigmatic questions (I am still awaiting details of those paintings in Oslo).
As for this one – a fine picture, with several cloud types, but….
Anyway, welcome back.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/news-in-pictures-monday-march-11-2019-c9v6qc9kl
When I first saw this cloudspotter I assumed she was waving to beams or rays; but perhaps to the majesty of Cumulus.
There is a surfer at sunset/sunrise about 8 pictures down.
bit.ly/2J010Xn
This link from Paul Simons, The Times, UK, 9MAR2019 is to a video of a pair of mysterious lights, pinky peach sheens, under water near Bangor, Northern Ireland (as ever that type of link does not work for me). Witnesses (one named Eve O’Connor) mention it on Facebook.
I don’t often hear the cackle and caw of a rookery. But outside my house a couple of days back I did at 1730 hours (sunset was 1749 hours). I looked up and there were several tens of birds swirling around for thirty seconds in a disorderly manner (unlike the precision of a murmuration) perhaps waiting for a few stragglers.
I wonder, could my picture above be of rooks? Too quiet, I suspect.
P.S. Small world indeed, Michael. Wicki tells me the F-15 has a radar made by Raytheon, and Raytheon it was who made the Amana fridge/freezer I bought in 11/96.
F5 in Windows 10 again needed when I clicked on this Forum.
In The Times, UK, 8MAR2019, same subject
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/weather-pioneers-clouds-of-doom-had-silver-lining-3vzthclp7
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/snowdonia-mach-loop-usaf-f15-15926662
Wales was in today’s Times, UK with this picture of an F-15E Strike Eagle. I expect the photographer had gone up the mountain for some quiet cloudspotting. Note in the above link he says the plane was NOT upside down.
Perhaps your data recovery person came from
http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.info/scripts/index.php
Being half Welsh I enjoy taking an anglicised stab at saying that.
Cable car to the clouds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002vhp/the-real-marigold-on-tour-series-3-3-vietnam
‘Amazed by their spectacular new surroundings the group decide to end their time in Vietnam by scaling the summit of its highest mountain. After a terrifying cable car journey, the high altitude means not everyone makes it all the way to top. However, after a hectic stay in the city, the imposing mountain provides the perfect backdrop for the group to reflect on their dizzying time in Vietnam’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-47310175
I recently said in the Cloudspotter Types thread that I didn’t see starlings much these days. but the answer must be they moved north to Yorkshire – global warming no doubt (I’d better add that’s a joke).
