Weather Snapshots from Our Webcam
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This page contains a slide show program consisting of our webcam pictures taken on the half hour and transmitted to this page automatically a few minutes
after each picture is taken. The purpose of the page is to give a visual incremental progress of the movement of the clouds from which it is possible to
predict the approach of storms, sustained fair weather or a change between the two.
The study of the clouds in the each picture and where they are going can highlight the progression of weather and tell what should happen next, whether rain is due or are we in for fine weather. There are many define types of clouds, these clouds operate on set levels above the ground and can line up in set patterns before and after an approaching weather front. There are a number of types of clouds known for fair weather, the Cumulus cloud, fluffy white cotton wool balls between 1000ft and 5000ft above the ground, and the streaky wispy thin Cirrus clouds between 16,000ft and 40,000ft. When clouds are bearing rain the pristine white colour is replaced by the dark under sides seen in Stratocumulus clouds or in the all enveloping misting claustrophobic Stratos clouds, which roll in reducing visibility and bringing drizzle. |