I guess today's cirrostratus is pretty widespread. It's
certainly an 8/8 cover here, with the sun shining
through it brightly. Yet the only photometeor visible
this afternoon is the weakest of RH mock suns.

Anything anywhere else?

Philip Eden
Luton

Philip Eden wrote:
I guess today's cirrostratus is pretty widespread. It's
certainly an 8/8 cover here, with the sun shining
through it brightly. Yet the only photometeor visible
this afternoon is the weakest of RH mock suns.

Anything anywhere else?

Philip Eden
Luton

Down here in Folkestone we have the same cover and had a short coloured bow
above the sun. Some distance above actually. No idea what it is called.
perhaps someone could enlighten us?

Les



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Down here in Folkestone we have the same cover and had a short coloured bow
above the sun. Some distance above actually. No idea what it is called.
perhaps someone could enlighten us?
Les

A circumzenithal arc if very high in the sky when the sun was fairly low.
http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/halo/cza.htm

Les Cowley

I guess today's cirrostratus is pretty widespread. It's
certainly an 8/8 cover here, with the sun shining
through it brightly. Yet the only photometeor visible
this afternoon is the weakest of RH mock suns.

Anything anywhere else?

Philip Eden
Luton


A veil of cirrostratus was present above Larkhill in
Wiltshire practically through the whole morning
where I caught sight of the 22 degree halo on
occasions but it was incomplete and quite faint.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire).

On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:09:57 +0100, Philip Eden wrote:

I guess today's cirrostratus is pretty widespread. It's
certainly an 8/8 cover here, with the sun shining
through it brightly. Yet the only photometeor visible
this afternoon is the weakest of RH mock suns.

Weak sundog was visible from the Cambridge Beer Festival site at around
17:30 UTC today. Or was it the after affect of Sarah Hughes' Dark Mild
at 6%....?


Did anyone else observe what might have been the year's first
noctilucent cloud at 21:30UTC yesterday? Looked like the real thing to
me, but I'm not sufficiently confident to submit a report.

Mike

Noctulucent clouds. are usually visible well after sunset. I have
experienced this type of cloud on night shifts in the Vale of York - free
from light polution. There is no mistaking this cloud for any other, since
the best times to view are in the early hours and usually in the months of
June and July.
Regards
Rob
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 17:09:57 +0100, Philip Eden wrote:

I guess today's cirrostratus is pretty widespread. It's
certainly an 8/8 cover here, with the sun shining
through it brightly. Yet the only photometeor visible
this afternoon is the weakest of RH mock suns.

Weak sundog was visible from the Cambridge Beer Festival site at around
17:30 UTC today. Or was it the after affect of Sarah Hughes' Dark Mild
at 6%....?


Did anyone else observe what might have been the year's first
noctilucent cloud at 21:30UTC yesterday? Looked like the real thing to
me, but I'm not sufficiently confident to submit a report.

Mike