Rolling lines of clouds

12/31/11 2 pm, looking north

On the last day of 2011, big lines of thick cumulus clouds rolled in long lines across the sky. Kind of like soft, puffy mini blinds. These clouds mark a weather change to cooler and more seasonable temperatures.


The high on New Year's Eve was 60 and the low 40 degrees F. The usual temperature in central Virginia is about 20 degrees cooler. Even though the warm days were lovely, we know that reality is on the way early in 2012.