Weather 2003 Pictures

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More pictures of clouds, mainly taken from at or above cloudbase, can be found in the Gliding 2003 Pictures page.

Photos November and December 2003

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Cumulonimbus cloud lit up by setting sun.	Trees silhouetted in a ghostly fashion in persistant fog.			White cross made of cirrus visible through a gap in a layer of lower stratus.

Photos October 2003

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Extensive Virga dropping out of altocumulus and altostratus.			Panaroma of shower lit up by setting sun. Pans from Northwest to East-Southeast.

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Sun shining from behind a cloud producing a nice crespucular ray effect.	Cumulus clouds to the north, and a large one to the east. Some nice streets has started forming. Stratus advancing from the west. Estimated cloudbase 3000 feet.			Incredibly calm day. Makes for a nice reflection in the Grand Union Canal.

Photos September 2003

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The moon magnified by the atmosphere on a very clear night. This is as big as I could get it at full zoom (3x). No thumbnail here.	Bands of cirrus stretching across the sky like smoke from an air display.	Looking South towards Heathrow Airport at lunchtime. Cold front on its way from North. Is this wave?

Photos August 2003

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Sun shining through cumulus not long before sunset.	Incoming shower. Visible ribbons hanging off back of cloud.	Massive and wide cumulonimbus cloud developing rapidly.	Miniature rainbow in small shower.

Photos July 2003

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Gap in stratus at sunset revealing higher cloud lit up by the sun.		Line of cirrus slicing the sky (5:45pm).

Photos June 2003

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Cirrocumulus lit up as the sun set.		Lone wispy cumulus cloud.	Cumulus lit up as the sun set.

Photos April and May 2003

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First April shower.	Cumulus disappearing behind a curtain of rain.	The huge lunchtime shower that engulfed Heathrow Airport. Viewed from a hill to the North on Stockley Park golf course. Needless to say the photos do not do justice to the size of the shower.

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Giant wall of cumulonimbus clouds lit up by the sun.	Mammatus cloud on the back of a shower.	Back end of huge thunderstorm that just trashed Stockley Park.	Classic anvil of next thunderstorm.	Closeup as thunderstorm arrived.

Photos March 2003

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Impressive conditions for time of year.	Looks like Spring has arrived.	Another red sunset.		Inversion on very hazy day ~3600 feet above sea level just Northeast of Lasham at 2:30pm.

Photos January and February 2003

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Snow covered ice after some snow flurries.	Heavy snowfall.	The garden after very heavy snowfall the previous day.	Parts of Stockley golf course had deep snow (10cm drifts). UK or arctic?

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Panorama from the top of our favourite hill again, after the heavy snowfall. Starts from the South, going clockwise 360 degrees.	Reflections on icy lake.