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Ceann-Snaidhm

Ceann-Snaidhm

Posted by Abi on 19th November 2015

Last week was really wild and windy, but if you were keeping an eye on the sky and the clouds at the start of the week, maybe you knew that storm “Abigail” was on her way.

Ceann-Snaidhm is our word of the week and Ceann Snamadh is included in the Fieldwork archive on DASG’s website as well. Ceann-Snaidhm was collected on the Isle of Lewis and is defined as :‘a cloud formation usually above the horizon. Strips of cloud coming together at one focal point. Could expect rain from this direction.’

Ceann-Snamadh is a Cirrocumulus cloud and according to Weather Online means that there will be thunder in the afternoon and possibly rain as well in 18 to 36 hours, (but that is easy to say in Scotland!)

‘Mackerel Sky’ is another name for Cirrocumulus clouds because it has an appearance like the scales on a mackerel.

Ceann snamadh was collected in Lewis and Uist and it means: ‘tree like cloud formation, indicating bad weather to follow.’ According to the information on the DASG website, most clouds indicate bad weather on the way!

We hope everyone was safe after storm ‘Abair Gèile’ and if you have any other words for cloud formations like this, as usual, please let us know on Facebook or Twitter.

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