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The different types of clouds in the atmosphere ... Cirrocumulus clouds look like small white puff balls high in the sky. The puff balls can occur individually or as long rows. When the puffs are in rows, they give the cloud a rippling appearance that resembles the scales of a fish and distinguishes it from a cirrus or...
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Altostratus (As) These layered clouds consisting mostly of liquid water are gray to pale blue in appearance. These clouds form when the middle layers of the atmosphere are moist and gradually lifted. ... Cirrus clouds similar in shape to a comma are cirrus uncinus or mares tails. Cirrocumulus (Cc) Cirrocumulus clouds are thin,
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List of cloud types - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clouds form when the dewpoint of water is reached in the presence of condensation nuclei in the troposphere. Atmosphere is a dynamic system, and the local conditions of turbulence, uplift and other pa...
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Middle level clouds are those clouds that develop in the middle layers of the atmosphere. These clouds are brighter and less fragmented in appearance due to their distance from the ground and the higher composition of ice crystals. ... There are three main types of higher level clouds: cirrus, cirrostratus and cirrocumulus.
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Altocumulus clouds are larger than cirrocumulus clouds and, they are patterned white to gray clouds that are often rippled or appear in waves. Considered fair weather clouds, they often follow storms. ... Thunderstorms occur when large air masses rise quickly into the atmosphere, forming huge cumulonimbus clouds.
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Earth - Atmosphere - Clouds - Cirrocumulus ... This is a photo of cirrocumulus clouds mixed ... ... Cirrocumulus clouds over Grand Rapids, Michigan...
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; These are cirrocumulus clouds. When the clouds in the sky look like this picture, it is called a "mackerel sky" because the clouds look like the scales on a mackerel fish. Courtesy of University Corporation for Atmospheric Research...
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If the atmosphere is unstable enough, cumulonimbus clouds, ... Cirrocumulus clouds rarely cover the entire sky. The individual cloud elements that reflect the red or yellow light of a setting sun make this one of the most beautiful of all clouds. The small ripples in a cirrocumulus cloud resemble the scales of a fish,
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Like all high-level clouds, cirrocumulus is made of ice crystals. It forms when cirrus or cirrostratus is warmed gently from below. This causes air to rise and sink inside the cloud. Some of the ice crystals change into water vapor, and gaps appear.
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