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FINAL POST. My favourite captures and why I am no longer able to update the blog.

Below are my favourite captures in order of when I saw them, all taken from posts on this blog! Read below for a bit of a discussion...

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02/01/2023 - Light Pillars over Östersund

We were driving back through the -20°c air from a fantastic day skiing in Vemdalen when we were met with the incredible sight in the...

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08/12/2022 - River of fog from the Ystwyth valley

Early on the 8th December 2022, I woke to the fantastic sight of a river of fog flowing down the Ystwyth valley and out to sea. Fog is...

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31/10/2022 - Mammatus over Aberystwyth

On the afternoon of the 31st October, I looked up at an amazing set of textures across the sky. Unmistakably mammatus. Great big bulges...

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30/10/2022 - Caught out in the Mountains - 63.3 mph gust

The plan had been to take on the Carneddau, but with the wind speeds forecast to be too strong, I instead led a hike up Rhinog Fach,...

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18/10/2022 - Waves in the Atmosphere

A day of very strange skies over Aberystwyth. I have no explanation for the hard-edged cloud in the first two images, but the lenticulars...

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07/10/2022 - Thunderstorm Line

On the evening of the 7th October, a surprise thunderclap while I was working on my car suddenly alerted me to the approaching storm....

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22/06/2022 - Low fog at Ynys Dinas

While visiting Fishguard, we decided to head up Mynydd Dinas to see if we could get above the fog. Sure enough, we got above it and saw a...

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18/02/2022 - Storm Eunice - Large Waves and Very Strong Gusts

On the 18th February 2022, Storm Eunice slammed into the UK with record wind speeds, bringing with it a storm surge that coincided with...

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08/12/2021 - Storm Barra - Significant Wave Damage

On the evening of the 7th December 2021, a spring tide coincided with a hefty storm surge and large waves to create the perfect recipe...

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10/10/2021 - Low fog over the Dyfi Estuary

On the coach on the way to Snowdon, we got an excellent view over the fog sitting on the Dyfi estuary and Borth saltmarsh!

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03/08/2021 - Freezing of supercooled altocumulus

There seem to be two effects occurring here, and I can't name either of them. First of all, there is a hatching pattern in the thin edge...

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28/07/2021 - Monster Thunderstorm

I was out for a walk, dodging small but heavy convective showers when this monster thunderstorm came around the corner and rolled past,...

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20/07/2021 - How hot do cars get?

The outside air temperature rose to over 30°c and the sun beamed down on the carpark. But how hot did it actually get inside the cars? To...

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15/07/2021 - A sea of lenticulars

The clear skies were soon interrupted by a sea of lenticular clouds as the wind blowing over the mountains created waves in the...

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11/07/2021 - Size of a cumulus

I love mountains and I love the weather. Some of the best parts about being in the mountains in my opinion is getting up close and...

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08/06/2021 - Snowdon Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

On the way down Snowdon on Tuesday I spotted some gorgeous Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds to the south. These clouds resemble cartoon-like ocean...

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19/05/2021 - Textbook cloudscape

This photo, taken on Newport Beach in Pembrokeshire shows a satisfyingly textbook cloudscape, with convective cumulus clouds forming in a...

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30/03/2021 - Saharan Dust

I'll start off by saying I'm not sure on this one - but as usual this is what I'm speculating. Seeing exactly the same thing 8 miles away...

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31/12/2019 - Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs)

On the final day of 2019 we were blessed with the most gorgeous natural light show I have ever seen. These bizarre oil-stain-like shapes...

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