Clouds of the Day: Changing by the Hour

Cooler air has spread across the area today with northerly breezes and the sky filled with a variety of Cirrus clouds and Altocumulus and Altostratus. Every hour brings a new set of clouds moving to the southeast.

Cirrus spissatus, Cirrostratus, Altocumulus, Cumulus, Cumulus fractus; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Close up of Altocumulus (center) with Cumulus in the foreground; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Cirrus fibratus overhead; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Cirrus spissatus, Cirrus fibratus, Cumulus; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Cirrus fibratus, Cirrus spissatus, Cumulus; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Cirrus fibratus, Cirrus spissatus, Cirrostratus; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Cirrus spissatus, Cirrus fibratus, Cumulus; Copyright 2022, Craig Johnson, Weather Briefing, LC

Large sheet of Cirrostratus, Cirrus floccus with virga (fall streaks).

Close-up of cirrus virga (fall streaks) and altocumulus

Altocumulus (Lower Left) and cirrocumulus (Upper Right).

Altocumulus with commercial Jet emerging from above the clouds.

This chaotic looking skies has A LOT going on. There are several waves of Cirrus in the background right of center. There is Cirrus fibratus on the left side, Altocumulus and altostratus left and right (cellular clouds).

Close-up of the Altocumulus (Left) and Cirrus streamers with cumulus in the foreground (right).

A broad sheet of Altocumulus, looking west

Closer view of Altocumulus, looking southwest and west.