Long and gray sky

We just had the grayest day of the year a few days ago, which is kind of nowadays used by the Hartwall beverage company to market their brand of Long drink, because the drink is also gray.

It has been gray overcast for quite a few days, weeks one can perhaps say, but finally there was a bit of clear sky and I set my camera to capture this eventful cloudscape timelapse.

I noticed that there might be some raining and or snowing and set up my camera under a tree to catch most of the rain and or snow.

I was kind of lucky to catch this much action on a single timelapse. I asked AI to analyze what kind of clouds are in this video and this was the response:

Quick Answer: The video you shared shows mostly stratus and stratocumulus clouds, with occasional breaks revealing patches of cumulus clouds. These are typical of an overcast sky that begins to clear, which matches the description in the video’s notes.

🌥 Cloud Types in the Video

Stratus clouds

• Low, uniform, gray layers covering the sky.
• Often associated with overcast weather and can persist for days.
• Seen in the video as the dominant gray blanket.

Stratocumulus clouds

• Low-level clouds with a lumpy, rolling texture.
• They appear when stratus clouds start breaking up, letting in bits of light.
• Visible in the timelapse as the sky begins to clear.

Cumulus clouds

• Fluffy, cotton-like clouds with distinct edges.
• Form when sunlight warms the ground, causing rising air currents.
• In the video, they appear briefly in the clearer patches of sky.

I don't really like the idea of AI, but there are some uses, where there aren't humans involved.

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