Since I discovered 'Skywatch Friday', I find myself watching the sky much more closely. We have a lot of somewhat hazy days, but when you get the right conditions the sky is truly beautiful (or ominous - right now we're under a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning). But these photos are from one week ago today, when it was sunny, clear and very blue for my paddle into Bell's Lake.
As we started, just after 9 a.m., the sky was totally clear and brilliant blue, perfect conditions for a nice canoe exploration! Some pretty great reflections too!
After about an hour, a few fluffy little cumulus clouds had begun appearing in the west, slowly moving our way, but not enough to block the morning sun.
Within what seemed like only a few minutes the fluffy small cumulus clouds started spreading and multiplying. I understand the basics of the sun warming the morning air, the warm air rising and clouds forming. But I presume the air temperature must reach a threshold up there at cloud level where clouds suddenly start forming all over the sky.
By the time we were finishing our paddle half an hour later, the sky was dotted with white clouds from horizon to horizon. I watched during the rest of the day, and quite quickly in early evening the process reversed itself, and all the clouds started disappearing until the evening sky was totally blue again. An interesting sequence of cloud formation, spread and dissipation over the day, that I noticed all because I'm keeping a closer eye on the sky.
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