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Stratocumulus Stratocumulus (Sc)
Description:
Cloud plaices,
rollers or banks compound dark gray layer cloud.
Origin:
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By turbulence.
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By convection in unstable
air layers, which are limited by a strong inversion upward.
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By undulation in very damp
air layers and usually at inversions.
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From other clouds (Nimbostratus,
Cumulus,
Stratus)
Possible cloud
species, subspecies and special forms:
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species |
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name |
shortcut |
meaning |
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Stratocumulus castellanus |
Sc cas |
turrets-like |
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Stratocumulus stratiformis |
Sc str |
In expanded
horizontal fields or strips. |
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Stratocumulus lenticularis |
Sc len |
Elongated one,
lens or almond-shaped banks with clearly defined
outlines. |
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subspecies |
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name |
shortcut |
meaning |
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Stratocumulus undulatus |
Sc un |
Wavelike
arrangement of the cloud parts, sometimes in
parallel rollers, which are separated by cloud
strips. |
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Stratocumulus radiatus |
Sc ra |
radially, parallel
bands and strips |
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Stratocumulus lacunosus |
Sc la |
With round, often
frayed holes as with an irregular net or a
honeycomb. |
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Stratocumulus duplicatus |
Sc du |
In two or several
layers lying one above the other. |
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Stratocumulus perlucidus |
Sc pe |
By small irregular
gaps transparent. |
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Stratocumulus translucidus |
Sc tr |
translucently |
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Stratocumulus opacus |
Sc op |
not translucently,
darkly |
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special forms |
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name |
shortcut |
meaning |
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Stratocumulus mamma |
Sc mam |
sac-like,
wart-like excrescences at the bottom side of the
cloud cover |
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Stratocumulus virga |
Sc vir |
with drop strips |
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Stratocumulus praecipitatio |
Sc pra |
with precipitation |
photos of
Stratocumulus:
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Stratocumulus undulatus |
Stratocumulus undulatus |
Stratocumulus lenticularis |
Stratocumulus undulatus |
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Stratocumulus virga |
Stratocumulus lenticularis |
Stratocumulus castellanus |
Stratocumulus translucidus |
other
Stratocumulus clouds: [1][2][3] |
