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One concludes on this basis that billow clouds are convection cells whose ... more than the minimum height required to produce condensation to contain cloud ...
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wind, and with the observed angular velocity and orientation of the clouds implies heights of about 6.9 km (430 mb, - 23°C) for the lower billow clouds and ...
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Stratus clouds generally form under relatively stable atmospheric stratification where temperature weakly decreases with height. When the wind blows moist air up against mountains (referred to as "upslope") often a stratus cloud results.
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The billows are said to be arranged at right angles to the "wind shear," but this probably simply means a change with height of wind in a fixed direction. ... While observing the contrail shadows on 29 October (see above) billow clouds were apparent in the northeast, in altostratus or altocumulus, as a front was...
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The height where clouds begin to form indicates where the water vapor has cooled sufficiently to begin condensing out of the air. The lenticular or cap clouds seen above ... This special cloud, in conjunction with Mount Shasta, is discussed in the article "Billow Talk" in the November-December 1999 issue of Weatherwise;
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On your back wears thin, dust clouds; Billow at your feet, you're gonna get lost; Unless you stop that head spin; Now, I lay me down; Nothing tastes so sweet; Routine; I can take my time; I like pulling on my own strings;
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billow clouds Parallel rolls of cloud with distinct clear areas between the cloud bands, often associated with the cloud variety undulatus. ... clouds; Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...are composed entirely of ice crystals. 1. Cloud genera Low clouds Height of cloud bases: all regions below 2 km...
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