Clouds of the Day - Saturday, June 6, 2020

This morning a warm front stretched from SE Wyoming to NE Missouri. The boundary separated 90s to the SW from upper 70s in NE Iowa. The cloud photos posted below show high clouds that dominated during the day and lower clouds that moved in during the evening as the warm front lifted slowly north and a weak upper level storm system crossed Minnesota during the evening into the overnight hours Saturday night. .

Map plotted by Digital Atmosphere. Software available at www.weathergraphics.com.

Cirrus (upper left half), patch of alto cumulus (center right)

Cirrostratus is the smooth cloud visible in the background (top). Altocumulus (left to right in the cener). Altostratus (low across the bottom)

Cirrostratus in the background (across the top). Altocumulus in foreground (left half). Cumulus (lower center).

Cirrus visible behind altocumulus and altostratus in the forecground.