Spectacular clouds amaze onlookers; metereologist explains

The clouds have been forming spectacular sunsets in Dominica. This one in Loubiere
The clouds have been forming spectacular sunsets in Dominica. This one in Loubiere

Over the past few days, some amazing and spectacular clouds have been making their appearances over Dominica.The clouds have produced dramatic sunsets which have had many onlookers in awe.

Viola Pascal of the Dominica Met Office explained that these types of clouds can occur at any time of the year as long as the right conditions exist.

“It can happen at any time of the year, once you have the right conditions meaning that you have enough moisture going through all the levels of the atmosphere …” she stated.

She said the clouds that are presently being seen are mid-level clouds called Altocumulus and their appearance can be credited to a trough system which is in the area.

“Altocumulus are small layers or patches of clouds called ‘cloudlets’ in the shape of what we would say round clumps,” she explained to Dominica News Online on Tuesday. “They could be either white or gray …”

She said they are formed in areas of sinking air and are made up of a combination of water droplets and ice crystals.

But don’t expect any ice crystals to come falling on Dominica since the crystals form only because of the altitude of the clouds.

“Because of their height …some ice will be formed as well,” Pascal stated.

She noted that Dominica is being affected somewhat by the trough system and multi-layered clouds are formed.

“Multi-layer in the sense that you have clouds from the lower level all the way up to the very high levels … so it’s like a mixed sky,” she explained. “There is a lot of moisture around. A lot of moisture, yes, but we are not having much rainfall that is why it is so hot these days.”

Pascal went on to say the presence of the cloud could be a sign of bad weather.

“Why it can be an indication of bad weather? Normally you won’t have those clouds around if you don’t have a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and most time the moisture is a precursor to more rainfall,” she explained.

But don’t start panicking because luckily, Pascal explained, Dominica is on the outskirts of the trough system.

“In a sense bad weather is indeed taking place but more over the northern section of the island chain, that is north of Guadeloupe going up to Antigua and those areas,” she remarked. “In a sense, bad weather is close by but we are on the fringes of the activity.”

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26 Comments

  1. DNO - the best News-provider in the Caribbean!
    April 21, 2016

    Zika engineering for zero population growth; earthquakes in the Caribbean; climate engineering via aerosols spraying in Portsmouth. The US is busy these days keeping us monkeys in our place and destroying our country.

    Do nothing folks, someone else will fight on your behalf…. :)

  2. BMB
    April 20, 2016

    In times gone by, my grandmother would say, “when the skies are so, flying fish soon dere bout”. Will just wait and see if ‘old folk law’ prevails over the gloomy picture painted by previous comments.

  3. DNO , Thank you!
    April 20, 2016

    DNO you are a national treasure for daring to publish posts which are making Dominicans aware of the true chemtrails evil we are being subjected to via the active connivance of our political, scientific and religious leaders. Thank you and may God bless you!

  4. April 20, 2016

    Simply beautiful!

  5. yup
    April 20, 2016

    listen at night people. planes flying low (especially over the portsmouth areas) they are spraying us. this is real we need to start to educate our self. commercial airlines do not fly so low in the day and definitely not at night. they are killing us and our environment slowly

    • anonymous2
      April 20, 2016

      These are not your usual passenger airliners for the most part, through the makers of jet fuel are told at times to add certain substances. These are either government issued aircraft or flown by private pilots for specific straying. Their planes have canisters of substances on them and they are told to spray certain areas. The US Air Force is heavily involved in this globalist operation to destroy the atmosphere above the earth and deplete the earth of any light.

      • Face the Facts
        April 20, 2016

        How does this help the US in anyway? They may be conducting experiments.

  6. bougla
    April 20, 2016

    The study of clouds is called Nephology!

    • anonymous2
      April 20, 2016

      This is the study of abnormal clouds. True clouds do not look like this.

  7. April 20, 2016

    I love this art work God is the artist lovely pic.

  8. April 20, 2016

    Enjoy it …The Heavens declare the glory of GOD…

  9. Welcome to Chemtrails, Dominica
    April 20, 2016

    DNO, please publish.

    The clouds are not natural. They are chemtrail clouds produced via aerosol spraying.

    The same thing started of in New Zealand a few years back: https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/chemtrails-and-unnatural-cloud-formations-photographed-on-christmas-day-in-whangarei/

    Dominica is being targetted for artificial climate change. Soon, the clouds will make the sky milky most of the time and then temperatures will start to lower. Then the propaganda push will increase for our efforts to stop climate change – increased fuel charges, cutting down on consumption of any kind, lowering of our population, etc..

    Welcome to evil, Dominica!

    More here for you:-

    http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/04/u-s-government-admits-chemtrailssecretly-spraying-toxins-on-american-citizens-the-most-comprehensive-chemtrail-article-ever-3337338.html

    http://antinewworldorder.blogspot.ie/2007/04/chemtrails.html

  10. anonymous2
    April 19, 2016

    This is geoengineering big time. Translation…..chemtrails. What is in them……bad stuff….heavy metals, pesticides, pathogenic virus’ and bacteria. Wait to see the results of the fallout when the stuff comes down.

  11. Face the Facts
    April 19, 2016

    I thought it is a good sign. I hope so and hope for the best.
    The clouds, sun and moon could let off some surprising colors.
    In Toronto, I once saw the full moon in the early hours of the morning, all-red. Some months later, late evening it looked yellow. I did not keep a record of it.
    I spoke to a Radio Station and was given some scientific reason which I could not discern. :lol:

  12. Angel Giraudel
    April 19, 2016

    Awesome. The Heavens declare the Father’s handy work.

  13. Leftist Kalinago
    April 19, 2016

    It was predicted that we were on the outskirt of tropical storm erica. What happened?
    Go on utube people and research the HAARP project by the US military!!!

  14. Ideal
    April 19, 2016

    Warning sign, beware Dominicans the end is near.

    • Music Producer
      April 20, 2016

      alright then Mr./Ms prophet. The end of Skerrit? :lol: :mrgreen:

  15. Noreen
    April 19, 2016

    I think it has something to do with the Northern
    Lights a few nights ago.

  16. Mango Lika
    April 19, 2016

    The setting sun was reddish on Saturday afternoon. Got a couple of pix.

    ADMIN:Send them to [email protected] . We will publish them.

  17. NAYAH
    April 19, 2016

    He is letting us know “He’s in Control”. Ponder on that.

  18. indira Ghandi
    April 19, 2016

    I hope she knows nwhat she is talking about.

  19. Pretty
    April 19, 2016

    Seen is Barbados also

  20. zulu
    April 19, 2016

    i more think is a count down for the raft

  21. April 19, 2016

    God`s handy work. Enjoy the splendor of his glory.

  22. concern
    April 19, 2016

    A warning sign

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