"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry."
~An old saying...(obviously)
It is close to the beginning of May, and we have seen the first signs of some hopefully early pre-monsoon showers that the city usually experiences in the month of May. I probably won't be here to experience them(I'll be in Mysore, slogging my ass over problems in Algebra, Topology and Analysis). But there were signs today that Bombay will be 'all washed up' by the imminent rains in a couple of weeks.
I have always loved looking at the sky. The night sky(who doesn't?) and the evening sky. I remember I had a book that explained the various cloud formations and what they could mean for the weather scene over a region, in the coming days. I can recognise and tell quite a few of them, Stratus, Nimbostratus, Cumulonimbus(A 'nimbus' is a generic term for any cloud that produces precipitation), Stratocumulus, and my favourite, Altocumulus Mackerel(sky).
So today when I saw them formed over Bombay, I ran out to my terrace with my cam to capture the beautiful formations they create when the sun sets. And I smiled when the sky also had some moisture laden clouds gently creeping past the setting sun.
Below are some of the beautiful sights that the Mackerels made as the sun set over the horizon. The pictures are in sequence. Hope it will rain soon, Bombay is sweltering in this humid, sticky weather.
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It is close to the beginning of May, and we have seen the first signs of some hopefully early pre-monsoon showers that the city usually experiences in the month of May. I probably won't be here to experience them(I'll be in Mysore, slogging my ass over problems in Algebra, Topology and Analysis). But there were signs today that Bombay will be 'all washed up' by the imminent rains in a couple of weeks.
I have always loved looking at the sky. The night sky(who doesn't?) and the evening sky. I remember I had a book that explained the various cloud formations and what they could mean for the weather scene over a region, in the coming days. I can recognise and tell quite a few of them, Stratus, Nimbostratus, Cumulonimbus(A 'nimbus' is a generic term for any cloud that produces precipitation), Stratocumulus, and my favourite, Altocumulus Mackerel(sky).
So today when I saw them formed over Bombay, I ran out to my terrace with my cam to capture the beautiful formations they create when the sun sets. And I smiled when the sky also had some moisture laden clouds gently creeping past the setting sun.
Below are some of the beautiful sights that the Mackerels made as the sun set over the horizon. The pictures are in sequence. Hope it will rain soon, Bombay is sweltering in this humid, sticky weather.
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