Watching the horizon...

[Pileus]

I am trying to visualize standing on a beach on a clear day looking for that first whisp of cirrus to poke over the horizon to my SE. Forget the
Sat images, radar loops, etc. although from that you know the position
of the storm from where you are. Tell me (landlocked in SC) the feeling you have when you see the cirrus canopy first begin to loom over the horizon. That has got to be dramatic and scary ! This for the veterans.
Love this time of year, but thinking of your safety.

[Scorpion]

Yea it sure is beautiful and scary at the same time. When Frances was 145 mph barrelling toward us those outer cirrus clouds were haunting.

[Wpwxguy]

When Ivan came in last year, where I live we were on the very edge of the Cirrus shield. It was really cool. It moved from south to n/ne across my home right in the middle of the sky. Clouds on eastern half of sky, no clouds on the west side. Really cool.

[Pileus]

Scorpion, were there other cloud types associated with Frances' approach
besides the cirrus, like low level scud? Just trying to imagine it.