Virga Singleton Sunset
by Phil Chadwick
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Title
Virga Singleton Sunset
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The sunset was striking. I always try to make time to just sit and watch the sun go down. A Singleton Lake sunset always tells a tale. This precipitation was aloft and not making it to the ground from the altocumulus layer of the warm conveyor belt. That is the definition of virga. It was certainly starting as snow aloft and melting into rain drops that evapourated before reaching the ground. Rain was on the way though. This moisture was the remains of Hurricane Gordon. There was a lot of tropical moisture in the air mass. The water vapour imagery revealed a continuous supply of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico of which part belonged to Gordon. Thunderstorms were frequent along this line south of Lake Erie.
The warmer oceans were fueling more and stronger tropical storms. There were nine tropical storms active when I recorded this story about virga at Singleton Lake. It seemed that new weather records were being set each month. Virga does not make the news but it can make for a beautiful sunset.
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November 30th, 2018
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