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Although some areas of the UK experienced exciting stormy weather in April 2004, we missed out largely this time. Some convective activity did take place on the 4th but even this had a "peaceful" look to it....

Looking SW across Cardigan Bay at a line of cumulonimbus tops heading towards Aberystwyth. This and the next 2 shots were taken from a layby just S of Llwyngwiril, between Aberdyfi and Barmouth. I really like this photo!
And this one!
Looking out from beneath one Cb anvil to another Cb way out across the Irish Sea - note the semi-translucent mammatus....
Here is the same group of heavy shower-clouds looking across the estuary at Aberdyfi, some time later. Note the velum-clouds - horizontal bands of cloud adorning the upper parts of the main cloud. These form when convection pushes up through more stable layers of air.
On April 19th storms broke out over Ireland and, amazingly, once they had decayed their anvils continued across into Wales. This is looking down Cwm Maethlon: faint mammatus-clouds mark the underside of one of these anvil "orphans"....
A better view was obtained further down Cwm Maethlon towards the coast, although they are mostly still fairly faint....
....while this is another one photographed from the Aberdyfi-Tywyn coast-road...
But mostly April 2004 was a case of sunshine and flowers!!!!
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