An arcus cloud is a low, horizontal cloud formation, usually appearing as an accessory cloud to a cumulonimbus. Roll clouds and shelf clouds are the two...
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Virga: precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Arcus cloud (shelf cloud) leading a thunderstorm A cap (pileus) atop a congestus Incus with...
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Look up arcus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Arcus may refer to: ARCUS, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, supporting Arctic policy...
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ground. Cloud-based supplementary features Mamma Downward facing bubble-like protuberances caused by localized downdrafts within the cloud. Arcus (including...
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Lightning (redirect from Cloud to cloud lightning)
inside a single thundercloud (intra-cloud), between two clouds (cloud-to-cloud), or between a cloud and the ground (cloud-to-ground), in which case it is...
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significantly better chance of sighting the cloud. A Morning Glory cloud is a roll cloud, or arcus cloud, that can be up to 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)...
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shredded clouds that normally appear beneath the parent cumulus cloud during precipitation. Cumulus arcus clouds have a gust front, and cumulus tuba clouds have...
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Cloudburst (redirect from Cloud burst)
millimetres (2.0 in) per hour for longer rainfalls. The associated convective cloud can extend up to a height of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) above the ground. During...
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of water, usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud in contact with the water and a cumuliform cloud. There are two types of waterspout, each formed...
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Cloud cover (also known as cloudiness, cloudage, or cloud amount) refers to the fraction of the sky obscured by clouds on average when observed from a...
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