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A cloud for Martin!

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« on: November 30, 2008, 11:49:22 pm »

While imaging Venus/Jupiter earlier, Sam and I noticed this large cloud 'growing' behind us, and when it was at it's best I grabbed a shot of it. This is an 8" exposure and that is a star on the left edge. The red lights are of the mast on Divis Mountain.
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 12:02:52 am »

That is a beautiful cumulonimbus John!, shows what cold air convection can do even with little solar heating. Great form to the anvil and nice mammatus too. Interesting bumbs on the anvil top, either the anvil is decaying revealing the updraught tower/s or that's an overshooting top. Stunning image!  Smiley

I seen some beauties before sunset to my east which looked to be heading your way and I was thinking at the time if you would spot them - you sure did!
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 12:03:51 am »

You got a star to the upper L too.  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 02:05:10 pm »

Convection like this  in these temperatures has always baffled me - nice  anvil there.
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 04:08:56 pm »

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The key is that the sea surface is more than 10C warmer than the air immediately above it. If the air is at all unstable, convection simply must develop.

With a northerly breeze, the minimum temperature at my location (200m from a north facing coast) was +3.6C. Inland I guess it was freezing. The sea surface temp is about +13C.
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 06:37:36 pm »

Thanks Martin/John, Brian, the grass was already covered with a thick coating of white frost when the image was taken at 16:59UT.
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2008, 09:04:09 pm »

This cloud tried to spoil tonight's show luckily it didn't stay too long.


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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2008, 03:26:35 pm »

That's a lovely image Jonathan, I can see the moon on the left side!
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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2008, 03:52:38 pm »

Nice image, Jonathan  Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 06:40:36 pm »

Nice one Jonathan.

I caught this one during the conjunction on Dec 1st. It was dropping sleet over the Sperrins. Bit of a weak anvil on it.

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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 08:46:07 pm »

What a beauty! Dense precipitation curtain below and the clear sky just above it - great capture!  Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2008, 09:39:46 pm »

wow, I didnt realize you guys get so many LP thunderstorms, that is pretty cool. Great Images here.
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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2008, 04:26:17 pm »

Unfortunately no convective outlook had been issued on that day so no storms were produced, however even without the lightning it was good to see something about. We get loads of cbs in this country at this time of year, many of them produce showers but very few inland cells produce lightning. Coastal areas are the place to be at this time of year for storms. However, the odd c-g inland can't be ruled out either. I'm really looking forward to Spring again to see more serious convection.

Still, it was nice to see some good clouds around complimented by the conjunction at the same time.

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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2008, 04:52:33 pm »

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Coastal areas are the place to be at this time of year for storms.
Yeah, they don't often do anything "interesting" but they do get you wet ... and the decaying remnants fill the sky preventing stars from being seen. Having said that this year seems to have been especially bad (or good depending on your point of view); I have had only one reasonable evening for observing since the start of November, but the mornings haven't been too bad.
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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2008, 05:11:52 pm »

That's very true. I have spent alot of time day and night looking at radar images over the last few months and have noticed the large amount of showers/clouds in the north coast this Autumn. I see what you mean about all the trouble you have been having observing in that. It sure has been bad. The interesting showers, producing the t-storms have been occuring along the W and NW coasts. Unfortunately we don't have any members from that area to share images with us. Are their any photographers out there?
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