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Thanksgiving 2025 Skywatch
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Things change fast this time of year. At the beginning of the month we had
lots of fall color on the trees. We had some rain and some wind. And now
all the...
3 hours ago
5 comments:
Is that a mackerel sky?
Whatever it is, it's fabulous.
Anne
Very good! Either a mackerel sky or a buttermilk sky, I'm not sure of the difference.
I confess I;ve never heard of a buttermilk sky and I have absolutely no idea where the name "mackerel" sky came from.
Can you help?
Anne
I live with the premise that I'm never too old to learn, even if I might forget what you tell me :-)
Since buttermilk leaves a film of little clumps down the sie of the glass this kind of cloud formation reminds some of buttermilk I guess.
I had never heard the term Mackerel Sky. I checked the source of all knowledge and came up with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altocumulus_mackerel_sky
When one has lived quite a few years and enjoys garnering a little knowledge here and there, it's surprising what information the brain retains. I just thank my lucky stars that this old brain still has the ability to dig up facts from the dim and distant recesses!!!
Anne
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