Cloud Signs is a painting by Phil Chadwick which was uploaded on September 2nd, 2015.
Cloud Signs
The sky is a book to be read. The individual clouds are the words. There are many different words in this vocabulary but once you learn them, you can... more
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Title
Cloud Signs
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The sky is a book to be read. The individual clouds are the words. There are many different words in this vocabulary but once you learn them, you can read the weather. The words can be assembled in countless different ways to reflect what the atmosphere is actually doing.
In this case, the vital key was the stable layer high in the atmosphere. This was not a subsidence inversion - stable layer since there is a lot of moisture. A frontal inversion is the likely cause of these altocumulus gravity wave clouds high in the atmosphere. Given the moisture and cloud in the atmosphere, a warm frontal surface was the likely signature and the thin veil of cirrus higher in the atmosphere was the warm conveyor belt of the approaching system.
The southwesterly winds channeling northeastward down the St Lawrence revealed that the surface ridge had passed to the east. This was also indicative that the likely nature of the stable frontal inversion had to be a warm front.
The darker clouds approaching from the northwest and outside the scope of this painting had to be associated with a short wave trough giving some lift and instability in the warm conveyor belt. Elevated showers were likely and they came to pass after I had finished painting. There was no thunder that I heard from the elevated convection and the showers lasted less than an hour. The accompanying water vapour and radar imagery confirms this earthly observation.
All of this and more was clearly written in the clouds.
Uploaded
September 2nd, 2015
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Comments (1)
Nikki Dalton
Love the bold, creative mood and style of your clouds so full of sensory expression and mood! FL
Phil Chadwick replied:
I have painted a lot of weather but last Saturday afternoon was good to me. I tired hard to not overwork it. Thank you Nikki!
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