First Storm of Autumn 2017

Well, actually, the title is a little bit misleading. It isn't quite the first storm of autumn this year. There have been quite a few massive weather changes and storms over the past month or two which would have been equally spectacular - this was just the first one that I managed to capture from our new balcony, just as it was coming in!

This roll cloud is actually from a rather complex frontal/cyclonic weather system which has spawned several events like this over the past 24 hours. Some have actually been much more violent and spectacular, they just didn't happen at a convenient time for me to capture them.

Judging by the sudden gusts and drop in temperature when this came through, I think it might have been the main front and airmass change. Though some of the pre-frontal storms which came through much earlier were far more violent.

So today was the first day that I actually had to wear anything more than a t-shirt this season, so it's a bit of a turning point in the season of sorts, in my mind anyway.