August cloudscapes over South Somerset.

 

And below on the last evening of the month.

Cloudscapes on a bitterly cold day in South Somerset.

I took some pleasing photos of cloudscapes through the treetops this afternoon, the last of March, on a day that was bitterly cold in South Somerset.

The first photo below was taken before a short sharp snow shower, the second one after it. 

Deep red cloudscape over The Blackdown Hills in Somerset.

It has been a very murky, drizzly day in South Somerset, but the evening sky produced a wonderfully picturesque deep red cloudscape. Today was March 3rd and, I reckon, the most notable sunset of the year so far.

Evening cloudscape over the Blackdown Hills in Somerset on March 3, 2022.

Sunbeams over South Somerset.

Sunbeams over South Somerset on the late afternoon of May 1st.  I thought they made an attractive and interesting photo.  They don't last long and it pays to have your camera handy!

Sunset over South Somerset.

Pleasing sunset this evening over Herne Hill on the fringe of Ilminster in South Somerset.

Sunset over Herne Hill in South Somerset on 25th November.

Morning sunflower and evening sunset in South Somerset today.

 Absolutely clear blue sky in South Somerset this morning so I took a photo of a neighbour's sunflower peering over the garden wall.  

In the evening there was a pleasing cloudscape as sunset approached.

Viewed in a South Somerset garden on the last day of August.

 Crab apples, slow-worms and the sunset viewed on the last day of August.

Crab apples.

Slow-worms in a compost bin.

Cumulus Congestus boiling up over the Blackdown Hills in Somerset.

After a showery morning on the 28th August the afternoon brought forth Cumulus Congestus clouds boiling up over the Blackdown Hills in Somerset.

Cloudscape over the Blackdown Hills in Somerset on 28th August 2020.

Cumulus Congestus over the Blackdown Hills in Somerset on the 28th August.

A lovely late evening sky over South Somerset.

I was struck by the beauty of the late evening sky over South Somerset on the 8th August about half an hour before sunset.  

The mares' tails were fascinating.

A dramatic evening cloudscape in South Somerset.

A dramatic evening cloudscape in South Somerset on the 16th June after a day of heavy rain .

Beautiful wispy cirrostratus clouds over South Somerset on 14th Dec. A week of very wet and windy weather followed!

I am not sure whether the clouds I photographed, posted below, on December 14th are cirrus or cirrostratus.  Cirrus clouds are supposed to indicate fine weather while cirrostratus indicate changeable weather and approaching rain.

At first I thought they were cirrus as their wispiness looked a lot like "mares' tails".  However, as they were followed by a week of very wet and extremely windy weather I assume they are cirrostratus.

Picturesque cloudscape emerges as the skies clear over South Somerset.

There was a heavy downpour during a very breezy afternoon in South Somerset today.  As the wind rushed the dark clouds away to the east a pleasing cloudscape was revealed.

A pleasing cloudscape over South Somerset after a heavy downpour. 

Mid-October afternoon cloudscapes over South Somerset.

I haven't been able to get out and about much recently as I am recovering from surgery, but here are a couple of cloudscapes over South Somerset. The pictures were taken one afternoon in mid-October.

An afternoon cloudscape over South Somerset in mid-October.

A mid-October afternoon skyscape over the Backdown Hills in South Somerset.

August cloudscapes over South Somerset.

The first ten days of August came with some stormy weather bringing gusty winds and heavy bouts of rain, but when the skies cleared a series of delightful cloudscapes appeared over South Somerset.

Some of the photos I took of them are posted below without comment.  The pictures cover an eleven day spell and speak for themselves. 

10th August 2019.

11th August 2019.

12th August 2019.

17th August 2019.

21st August 2019