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Your weather - Your shots: Rays of light and bulging clouds

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17 December 2023

Your weather - Your shots
Rays of light and bulging clouds

Crepuscular raysMammatus cloudsSun shining through treeFrosted trees
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In Templemartin, Ireland, beams of light, known as crepuscular rays, broke through the clouds. - © Jacky Quirke via Weather & Radar Uploader

Temperatures have lifted from last week's cold snap, and with it a slew of fresh seasonal scenes across the UK and Ireland have been captured by you!

One user in Preston managed to catch the impressive mammatus clouds which formed over the city earlier in the week. Check out our article from the time explaining the phenomenon!

Mammatus clouds seen over Prestonread more

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