These beautiful altocumulus lenticularis clouds made an impression on Peter Brand when they appeared over Tebar in the Murcia region of southern Spain. The picture was taken on the evening of 4th November. After a week of thunderstorms, the residents of Xylofagou in Cyprus were treated to a stunning view of mammatus clouds on the evening of 1st November. Picture taken by Justin Cooper. Circumzenithal arcs are caused by light reflecting from ice crystals. Philip Harriss spotted this effect over Bramdean in Hampshire on 2nd November. The golden light of sunset reflected dramatically against the altocumulus and cirrus clouds over Canary Wharf in London on 4th November. Photographed by Ian Docwra.
The faint, non-parallel rainbow is likely to have been caused by light refracting from the clouds at a different angle to the double rainbow on either side. Jonathan Wheeler spotted this unusual effect over Findhorn, Moray on 5th November. As the altostratus clouds, which brought rain to Preston in Lancashire, cleared away, the more delicate-looking cumulus clouds stood out in the evening sky. Catherine Ainscough took this picture as she went for a walk on 1st November. It was a gentle end to the day at Itchenor Harbour in West Sussex, with only a few cumulus clouds in the sky. Photographed by Barrie Downie on 4th November.
The wavey effect seen in this picture is caused by cirrus clouds being twisted by upper-level wind movements. It appeared above Raghly in County Sligo on 17th October and was p...
The clearance of a weather front over Stornaway provided this spectacular view at sunrise. Photograph submitted by David Rattray on 21st October. Photographer William Fraser t...
