Cirrus and cerulean

Today was a day of high wispy cirrus clouds in a deep cerulean sky. Well, maybe a little bit of cobalt blue is mixed in at the top for vibrancy. These clouds were painted about 2 pm facing the east.


The large number of cirrus clouds in the sky today seems to forecast rain in our near future. Cirrus clouds in great number precede a frontal system or upper air disturbance. The clouds which follow today's cirrus should be nimbostratus, or low-lying rain-bearing clouds which will move into Virginia overnight.