Drooling Thunderstorm Skies

02 April 2023

It has been two weeks since Bengaluru city is reeling under scorching heat and excess humidity. In fact, when I check MET department report, the minimum temperature of coastal Karnataka seems to be lower than Bengaluru. What a contrast! Check MET record below. The minimum temperatures are far below normal in coastal Karnataka. Its scary as well since this might lead to poor moisture build-up and consequently lacklustre monsoon! Hope things turn normal soon

Despite the high humidity in the city and healthy cloud build up during evening, we are yet to see a decent thunderstorm yet. The fans are revolving at full speed and water consumpttion is also high. Even though non-precipitating clouds sizzle the night, they turn the evening sky vibrant too! These scenes drool-worthy for photo enthusiasts.

After tiny bird hunt during morning hours, myself with kids went for evening walk around lake late evening. This tiny solitary cloud in the sky creating interesting themes during sundown. The walk from entrance gate till the play area was fun filled with frequent stoppages to capture the mood of solitary cloud. Especially when the cloud completely shadowed the Sun, the sky looked dramatic!

Before we reached the play area, this solitary cloud created magic over the sky completely blocking Sun. This culminated in crepuscular rays fueled with dramatic colors. It was if sun screaming with hands open "help help" to escape from clutches of cloud. The wind was gentle but not calm. The reflections appeared in final picture but little distorted. I took nearly 20 pictures en-route and thus quenching my thirst of snapping magical skies. Here is remaining set.

Colorful evenings can be pretty in monochrome as well. Life as well can be happier with simple living.

The primary motive of evening visit was exclusively for kids play. While kids were scurrying through the walking track to get to play area, my sky indulgence apparently disturbed their excitement. I apologized them for getting late. After sweet interruptions, we reached the play area. I had to monitor their movements, hence did not photograph further actions in sky!

The kids successfully achieved most of the play equipment present here in jakkur lake. Even the hesitant ones, kids managed easily today. Kids were happy and at same time famished due to intense play. We had yummy dinner at home to fill the tummy!

The sky kept its resplendency during departure as well. The cloud cover amplified during twilight hours and solitary cloud got more friends. The solitary cloud seem to be have disappeared in process but sky kept its charm alive!