instability, then the altocumulus clouds become more purely cumuliform in structure. Like other cumuliform and stratocumuliform clouds, altocumulus signifies convection...
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Lenticular cloud (redirect from Altocumulus Lenticularis)
lenticular shapes. There are three main types of lenticular clouds: altocumulus standing lenticular (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL)...
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List of cloud types (section Genus altocumulus)
mother clouds Altocumulus cumulogenitus Altocumulus cumulonimbogenitus Mutatus mother clouds Altocumulus cirrocumulomutatus Altocumulus altostratomutatus...
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In meteorology, Altocumulus castellanus or Altocumulus castellatus (ACCAS) is a cloud type named for its tower-like projections that billow upwards from...
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seen with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus. A newly recognized species of stratocumulus or altocumulus has been given the name volutus...
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August 2021. Altocumulus floccus (meaning tuft of wool, fluff, or nap of cloth...) "Altocumulus floccus". International Cloud Atlas. "Altocumulus floccus (Ac...
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Mackerel sky (redirect from Altocumulus mackerel sky)
mackerel sky is a term for clouds made up of rows of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds displaying an undulating, rippling pattern similar in appearance...
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presence of altocumulus undulatus may indicate precipitation within the next 20 hours or simply an overcast day. As with other altocumulus, the undulatus...
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Cumulus cloud (section Altocumulus clouds)
clouds of limited convection that comprise stratocumulus (low-étage), altocumulus (middle-étage) and cirrocumulus (high-étage). These last three genus-types...
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Altocumulus stratiformis is the most common species of the Altocumulus genus of clouds. They tend to form broad layers of individual, cell-like clumps...
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