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We report: on this coast, the wind rarely gets below the third class on the Beaufort scale, and today is no different. There is a high pressure system over this region, but a breeze will always find its way to the shore. Cirrus bloom in the sky all the while.
Digital painting of a seaside landscape: there is distant land on the horizon, some buildings gleaming white in the sunshine. The sky is bright blue, with white, feather-like clouds spreading out across the frame. The sea is also bright blue and green, with the thinnest bit of sea foam forming over the gentle waves.

ALT Digital painting of a seaside landscape: there is distant land on the horizon, some buildings gleaming white in the sunshine. The sky is bright blue, with white, feather-like clouds spreading out across the frame. The sea is also bright blue and green, with the thinnest bit of sea foam forming over the gentle waves.
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We report at a time which might as well be the middle of the night to us. We had hoped that we might become a morning person in our lifetime, but this has yet to manifest in any way. Our expert, however, likes mornings enough for the both of us. Radiation fog is nothing to them.
Digital painting of a sunrise over a city. The sun is in fact already high in the sky, just coming up over a layer of grey clouds. The sun is pink, and the rest of the sky is a pastel pink in consequence, with a few long, thin, purple clouds, and also white ones, scattered all over. The city is blue-grey, fogged up.

ALT Digital painting of a sunrise over a city. The sun is in fact already high in the sky, just coming up over a layer of grey clouds. The sun is pink, and the rest of the sky is a pastel pink in consequence, with a few long, thin, purple clouds, and also white ones, scattered all over. The city is blue-grey, fogged up.
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We report: the clouds become ghostly presences as we are gone to the night. In the darkening of the sky, they slowly become invisible. We know there will come a moment when we only know them from the absence of the stars; only the void as a testimony of their existence.
Digital painting of a dusk sky, dark blue with a row of rising blue-grey clouds, barely catching the light as the night falls.

ALT Digital painting of a dusk sky, dark blue with a row of rising blue-grey clouds, barely catching the light as the night falls.
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We report: the gale, out of nowhere, blows with all its might, knocks the whole afternoon to its side. We love the grey light of cloudy days, even the misty, drizzly bits. However, with the sky this dark, when the trees glitter in the sunshine this way, everything feels alright.
Digital painting of a countryside landscape: at the edge of a slanted field of tall grass, tall trees are caught in bright sunshine, while the sky above is dark and cloudy. There is a phone line running from the foreground to the background, hanging from two-legged wooden utility poles.

ALT Digital painting of a countryside landscape: at the edge of a slanted field of tall grass, tall trees are caught in bright sunshine, while the sky above is dark and cloudy. There is a phone line running from the foreground to the background, hanging from two-legged wooden utility poles.
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We report around noon, as it is beginning to get hot: contrails and overhead lines are splitting the sky into shards. We stare at the resulting pattern for too long, and it stays printed over our eyes when we board the train. It is still overlaid there while we look for a seat.
Digital painting of a bright blue sky, featuring crisscrossing contrails, and overhead train lines, a mess of cables hanging on a utility pole.

ALT Digital painting of a bright blue sky, featuring crisscrossing contrails, and overhead train lines, a mess of cables hanging on a utility pole.
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We report: we can tell that it is about to get too cloudy for the sunset to keep its colours. In the west, large clouds are grazing the horizon, getting ever closer to where the sun is busy melting into the earth. And here comes the humidity, too. We have to go home.
Digital painting of a sunset sky, rows of yellow and orange-tinted clouds mixing together, with dark grey clouds behind and below them. In the gaps between all these clouds, the pale blue sky can be seen.

ALT Digital painting of a sunset sky, rows of yellow and orange-tinted clouds mixing together, with dark grey clouds behind and below them. In the gaps between all these clouds, the pale blue sky can be seen.
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We report: we have to wait longer and longer for the sky to get dark enough that the stars will come out. We are not immune to getting sleepy long before any meaningful stargazing can be done. However, clear night skies have been sparse lately, so we make an effort to stay alert.
Digital painting of a nightfall scene: the sky is dark blue, a little foggy, with many glowing stars scattered all over. The landscape is dark, some grass, three trees, and a wire fence in the distance.

ALT Digital painting of a nightfall scene: the sky is dark blue, a little foggy, with many glowing stars scattered all over. The landscape is dark, some grass, three trees, and a wire fence in the distance.
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We report: oddly, we do not hear the sound of rain from where we are. Looking at the advancing curtain of water, we think we should not be able to hear anything else. It seems this is not for us. On the radar, we find ourselves just outside of the radius of precipitation.
Digital painting of a rainy sky: a large, dark curtain of rain is moving three quarters of the way into the right-hand side of the frame, swallowing tall grey clouds. There is a brightness in the top right corner, casting a slight glow.

ALT Digital painting of a rainy sky: a large, dark curtain of rain is moving three quarters of the way into the right-hand side of the frame, swallowing tall grey clouds. There is a brightness in the top right corner, casting a slight glow.
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We report: this is a virga under the altocumulus, made of sublimating ice crystals. This is precipitation which, unlike the rain we have been seeing lately, will not reach the ground. We think this will not exempt us from the rain - we see darker clouds moving our way.
Digital painting of a white cloud in a bright blue sky. There is a long, translucent trail attached to the cloud, veering sideways as though swept by the wind instead of falling straight down.

ALT Digital painting of a white cloud in a bright blue sky. There is a long, translucent trail attached to the cloud, veering sideways as though swept by the wind instead of falling straight down.
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We report about the wind blowing across this week: some days, a breeze, and the rest of the time, a gale. The wind is chasing a cold front, west-southwest veering southwest at night, counterclockwise, ten knots in the morning and seven more in the afternoon. Always going.
Digital painting of a sunrise or sunset sky, dark purple and blue clouds rising around a bright orange blaze on the left-hand side of the frame.

ALT Digital painting of a sunrise or sunset sky, dark purple and blue clouds rising around a bright orange blaze on the left-hand side of the frame.

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We report: it stops raining at some point in the night, and we do not know exactly when, as we were sleeping then. By the time we wake up, fog has taken over. Our expert is somewhere by those trees, but the fog bank is thick enough that we cannot even guess where exactly.
Digital painting of a foggy morning scene in a field: the fog is thick, close to the ground. There are outlines of some trees coming up above the fog bank, and the sky is mostly opaque, with daylight coming in between some layers of blue clouds. The grass in the foreground is tall, white wildflowers sprinkled all over.

ALT Digital painting of a foggy morning scene in a field: the fog is thick, close to the ground. There are outlines of some trees coming up above the fog bank, and the sky is mostly opaque, with daylight coming in between some layers of blue clouds. The grass in the foreground is tall, white wildflowers sprinkled all over.

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We report: it is drizzling intermittently, as though we are walking into clouds, and besides that, it is a very bright day. When we look into the distance, we see each field light up one after the other. We hear the rain, the wind, and the birds, and we feel we are here and now.
Digital painting of a landscape of sprawling plains under an overcast sky. There are sunlit fields in the distance, turning into dark woods closer to the foreground. The sky is dark, layered, with white clouds standing out against it and glowing brightly, jagged edges and feathery bits escaping all over.

ALT Digital painting of a landscape of sprawling plains under an overcast sky. There are sunlit fields in the distance, turning into dark woods closer to the foreground. The sky is dark, layered, with white clouds standing out against it and glowing brightly, jagged edges and feathery bits escaping all over.
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We report during a sunny spell, but while the formation of some clouds is in the process of putting the spell to an end. Only cirrus intortus at the moment, but we know better than to expect them to stop here. While they expand outwards, their shapes surprisingly remain intact.
Digital painting of a blue sky filled with swirly, gauzy clouds, branching out into fibrous legs and arms.

ALT Digital painting of a blue sky filled with swirly, gauzy clouds, branching out into fibrous legs and arms.
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We report: after the heat wave, the storms and the torrential rains of May, the month ends quietly. We observed the light breeze, and the formations of cirrus, cirrocumulus, and altocumulus throughout the day. Now at the cusp of nightfall, we feel enough of a chill for a jacket.
Digital painting of a sunset sky over some orange-tinted roofs. The sky is a gradient of pastel colours, blue, green, orange, pink. There is a single, small cloud in the middle of the frame, glowing orange where the light hits it.

ALT Digital painting of a sunset sky over some orange-tinted roofs. The sky is a gradient of pastel colours, blue, green, orange, pink. There is a single, small cloud in the middle of the frame, glowing orange where the light hits it.
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We report: the trends our expert had noted from previous days are being confirmed, and the morning wind is a little chilly. As for coming days, there seems to be flurry of different fronts coming our way - warm, cold, occluded, back to warm. We shall deal with them in due time.
Digital painting of an early morning sky: blue tones, with a strip of dark orange sandwiched between grey clouds, and large dark blue clouds spread out across the frame. There are are dark outline of houses, trees and a lamp post at the bottom.

ALT Digital painting of an early morning sky: blue tones, with a strip of dark orange sandwiched between grey clouds, and large dark blue clouds spread out across the frame. There are are dark outline of houses, trees and a lamp post at the bottom.
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We report a couple of hours into a thunderstorm: this is an interesting conjunction of events. In the east, it is the moon rising, not the sun, and it is mid-afternoon, despite the sunset light. We think that the spectacular volume of rain is scattering the light this way.
Digital painting of a storm sky: the sky is a pale yellow, murky orange above the horizon. There are clouds of different shades of grey rising into the sky, tinted sunset shades by the light, and darker ones at the top of the frame. Over it all, heavy rain is falling on the dark countryside landscape, and there is a yellow full moon in the clear part of the sky.

ALT Digital painting of a storm sky: the sky is a pale yellow, murky orange above the horizon. There are clouds of different shades of grey rising into the sky, tinted sunset shades by the light, and darker ones at the top of the frame. Over it all, heavy rain is falling on the dark countryside landscape, and there is a yellow full moon in the clear part of the sky.
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We report: after hours of watching clouds rise very high, and then promptly dissolve upon reaching a certain threshold, we found one promising specimen. This is a slow bloom, with a solid stem. The sky is beginning to darken around it. We can almost feel the rain already.
Digital painting of a tall, bubbling cloud rising into a dark blue sky. There is the sweep of a wispy, fuzzy cloud arching over it, casting a blue shadow on top of it, but it is otherwise a brilliant white.

ALT Digital painting of a tall, bubbling cloud rising into a dark blue sky. There is the sweep of a wispy, fuzzy cloud arching over it, casting a blue shadow on top of it, but it is otherwise a brilliant white.
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We report: a little bit of the sun remains in the clouds as night falls. Something in the air has shifted in the afternoon, and the wind is not as warm anymore. Our expert has been tracking the advance of a cold front over the ocean; perhaps it is heading our way.
Digital painting of a cloudy sunset sky over a dark roof: there is a jumble of dark grey and blue in the background, with some glowing, torn up pieces of yellow and orange clouds scattered across the frame.

ALT Digital painting of a cloudy sunset sky over a dark roof: there is a jumble of dark grey and blue in the background, with some glowing, torn up pieces of yellow and orange clouds scattered across the frame.
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We report: we now get around to a month of short nights, a handful of hours between the two ends of nautical twilight. We wonder whether this is enough time for the thermometer to go down. It still smells like sunshine on our skin, even as the sun is getting further away from us.
A digital painting of a starry night sky, with the Milky Way diagonally crossing the frame. The sky is full of stars, dark blue, and the Milky Way starkly detaches against it, glowing around dark dust clouds.

ALT A digital painting of a starry night sky, with the Milky Way diagonally crossing the frame. The sky is full of stars, dark blue, and the Milky Way starkly detaches against it, glowing around dark dust clouds.
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We report: this is a side of May we did not know, heat pushing down on us this way. The sight of incoming clouds makes us feel thankful, and the breeze that pushed them in our direction as well. However, in the end, the breeze itself is not any cooler, and we are still sweating.
Digital painting of a cloudy sky: the clouds are dark, fuzzy, largely uninterrupted, with soft edges. There is a gap around the center of the frame through which white light is glowing, diffusing through some smaller openings as well.

ALT Digital painting of a cloudy sky: the clouds are dark, fuzzy, largely uninterrupted, with soft edges. There is a gap around the center of the frame through which white light is glowing, diffusing through some smaller openings as well.
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