The storm stole the sun. The large black clouds took over the passive late summer day. They came in from the South moving like an enourmous dark gray elephant in the sky.
Reference:
From Black Stallion, Farley(2002)
“Alexander Ramsey, known to his friends back home in New Your City as Alec, leaned over the rail and watched the water slide away from the sides of the boat. His red hair blazed redder than ever in the hot sun; his tanned elbows rested heavily on the rail as he turned his freckled face back toward the fast-disappearing shore.”