Clouds – if we think of them at all most of us will only think of clouds fleetingly. For observers and meteorologists there are many ways to think of clouds from a scientific/meteorological standpoint:
- What type is the cloud?
- What weather is it currently bringing?
- What weather is it likely to foretell?
- How much energy is it enclosing?
- Where is that energy going to be released?
- What system is it part of?
Sometimes though we forget to think about how wonderful they are just to look at and here at Casey we have been presented with some amazing looking clouds.
Putting the reasons and scientific explanations aside I'd like to share with you, just from a visual perspective, some images of the cloud formations we have been fortunate enough to witness here at Casey this season.
Sometimes it's about the shapes, sometimes the way the light changes whether it's reflected on or refracted by the clouds and just sometimes the way the clouds are active and ephemeral in their behaviour – never the same in any moment. You can't say "I'll take that picture in a minute." In a minute that picture will be gone and there will be another one in its place. Whether that new picture is better than the one you didn't take, only you will know.
Enjoy these small moments.
David Wright, Casey Met Tech / Observer, Australian Bureau of Meteorology