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Cirrocumulus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Click on image for full size version (53K JPG);
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A patch or layer of cloud consisting of tiny individual cloudlets at high-level is called cirrocumulus. The cloudlets may make a regular dappled or rippled pattern. Sometimes they look like the scales on a fish - a "mackerel" sky that may mean that unsettled weather is on its way.
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Cloud Atlas -> Cirrocumulus ... Cirrocumulus (Cc) ... Cirrocumulus castellanus...
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Cirrocumulus (Cc) - the name is a composite of the Latin cirrus = wisp or curl and cumulus = small heap. Cirrocumulus is a member ... Cirrocumulus (Cc) - the name is a composite of the Latin cirrus = wisp or curl and cumulus = small heap. Cirrocumulus is a member of the ten fundamental cloud types (or cloud genera).
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The cirrocumulus formation is basically the same cloud as the stratocumulus and altocumulus but at higher altitude. It is, however, not as common as its low- and medium-level counterparts.
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This page deals cloud events and their images. ... CiCu1-6.jpg: These five images display the flaked structure of the Cirrocumulus clouds. In particular these Cirrocumulus clouds derived from contrails which could have been noticed for quite a long time before.
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Cirrocumulus undulatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cirrocumulus undulatus are patches or layers of small puffy clouds arranged in bands. They have a rippled appearance due to wind shear and usually cover only a small portion of the sky. Occasionally,...
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Cirrocumulus - Photographs of cirrocumulus clouds picture image photo [cc] ... ; McLeans Ridges, NSW ... Cirrocumulus - Photographs of cirrocumulus clouds [cc]
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