Cloud type pictures

[smithcorp]

G'day all,

With this group's previous advice, I bought some books on weather for
soaring (my copy of Wallington sadly went astray in the post),
including Pagen. This last is a good book and I found it very useful,
but in my copy, the black and white photos of cloud examples had such
poor contrast that they were next to useless.

I've been trying to find an online source for photos of typical cloud
types, without much luck. Can anyone recommend a site please? I'm not
looking for photos of extreme weather, but just reference photos of
typical cloud types that i can keep with this book.

thanks in advance

smith

[SoaringXCellence]

On Mar 3, 6:33*pm, smithcorp > wrote:
> G'day all,
>
> With this group's previous advice, I bought some books on weather for
> soaring (my copy of Wallington sadly went astray in the post),
> including Pagen. This last is a good book and I found it very useful,
> but in my copy, the black and white photos of cloud examples had such
> poor contrast that they were next to useless.
>
> I've been trying to find an online source for photos of typical cloud
> types, without much luck. Can anyone recommend a site please? I'm not
> looking for photos of extreme weather, but just reference photos of
> typical cloud types that i can keep with this book.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> smith

You might check out this site; Lots of great pictures:

http://www.missouriskies.org/

Mike

[Tim Taylor]

On Mar 3, 7:33 pm, smithcorp > wrote:
> G'day all,
>
> With this group's previous advice, I bought some books on weather for
> soaring (my copy of Wallington sadly went astray in the post),
> including Pagen. This last is a good book and I found it very useful,
> but in my copy, the black and white photos of cloud examples had such
> poor contrast that they were next to useless.
>
> I've been trying to find an online source for photos of typical cloud
> types, without much luck. Can anyone recommend a site please? I'm not
> looking for photos of extreme weather, but just reference photos of
> typical cloud types that i can keep with this book.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> smith

try:

http://www.weatherworks.com/products/p331.cloud-poster.jpg

[Tim Taylor]

On Mar 3, 8:24 pm, Tim Taylor > wrote:
> On Mar 3, 7:33 pm, smithcorp > wrote:
>
>
>
> > G'day all,
>
> > With this group's previous advice, I bought some books on weather for
> > soaring (my copy of Wallington sadly went astray in the post),
> > including Pagen. This last is a good book and I found it very useful,
> > but in my copy, the black and white photos of cloud examples had such
> > poor contrast that they were next to useless.
>
> > I've been trying to find an online source for photos of typical cloud
> > types, without much luck. Can anyone recommend a site please? I'm not
> > looking for photos of extreme weather, but just reference photos of
> > typical cloud types that i can keep with this book.
>
> > thanks in advance
>
> > smith
>
> try:
>
> http://www.weatherworks.com/products/p331.cloud-poster.jpg

Oh, forgot the standard:

http://www.forspaciousskies.com/

[Roger Worden]

Try the Cloud Appreciation Society. http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/


"smithcorp" > wrote in message
...
> G'day all,
>
> With this group's previous advice, I bought some books on weather for
> soaring (my copy of Wallington sadly went astray in the post),
> including Pagen. This last is a good book and I found it very useful,
> but in my copy, the black and white photos of cloud examples had such
> poor contrast that they were next to useless.
>
> I've been trying to find an online source for photos of typical cloud
> types, without much luck. Can anyone recommend a site please? I'm not
> looking for photos of extreme weather, but just reference photos of
> typical cloud types that i can keep with this book.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> smith

[John Smith]

A good collection is here: http://www.weltderwolken.de/

BTW, the best book about cloud classification which I know is "The
Cloudspotter’s Guide" (by http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org). It
is really easy to read, but surprizingly exact. You my or may not like
the style, but it is the first book I've seen which takes you by the
hand and walks you through the cloud classification system, so that even
I finally think it's pretty obvious. The pictures are black and white
only, too, but it really doesn't matter in this book.

[Stephen[_2_]]

John Smith wrote:

> BTW, the best book about cloud classification which I know is "The
> Cloudspotter’s Guide" (by http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org). It
> is really easy to read, but surprizingly exact. You my or may not like
> the style, but it is the first book I've seen which takes you by the
> hand and walks you through the cloud classification system, so that even
> I finally think it's pretty obvious. The pictures are black and white
> only, too, but it really doesn't matter in this book.

However all the pictures in the book are also in the gallery on the
Cloud Appreciation Society website. Buy the book for the words, look at
the pictures on-line.

Stephen

[smithcorp]

On Mar 4, 8:17 pm, Stephen > wrote:
> John Smith wrote:
> > BTW, the best book about cloud classification which I know is "The
> > Cloudspotter's Guide" (byhttp://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org). It
> > is really easy to read, but surprizingly exact. You my or may not like
> > the style, but it is the first book I've seen which takes you by the
> > hand and walks you through the cloud classification system, so that even
> > I finally think it's pretty obvious. The pictures are black and white
> > only, too, but it really doesn't matter in this book.
>
> However all the pictures in the book are also in the gallery on the
> Cloud Appreciation Society website. Buy the book for the words, look at
> the pictures on-line.
>
> Stephen

Thanks all for the suggestions - I've got a great deal of material
now. For others who may be interested, I also found on the NSW Bureau
of Meteorology site (why didn't i go there first?) a good primer:

http://www.bom.gov.au/info/clouds/ which is also available as a pdf.

cheers

smith