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Stratocumulus floccus
Stratocumulus floccus
Abbreviation
Sc flo[1]
Genus
Stratocumulus
Species
Floccus
Altitude
500-2,000 m (2,000-6,500[2] ft)
Classification
Family C (Low-level)
Appearance
Tufted, somewhat ragged low-level cloud[3]
Precipitation
Uncommon, usually Virga[1]
Stratocumulus floccus is a species of cloud belonging to Stratocumulus cloud genus. Stratocumulus floccus is usually a sign of instability at that altitude.[1] This cloud is usually formed due to the remaining dissipation of a stratocumulus castellanus cloud base.[1]
Stratocumulusfloccus is a species of cloud belonging to Stratocumuluscloud genus. Stratocumulusfloccus is usually a sign of instability at that altitude...
altocumulus, and stratocumulus. A newly recognized species of stratocumulus or altocumulus has been given the name volutus, a roll cloud that can occur...
those of stratocumulus. However, if the layers become tufted in appearance due to increased airmass instability, then the altocumulus clouds become more...
cirriform or anvil top. There are also cumuliform clouds of limited convection that comprise stratocumulus (low-étage), altocumulus (middle-étage) and cirrocumulus...
fibratus, floccus, spissatus, and uncinus: Cirrus castellanus has cumuliform tops caused by high-altitude convection rising up from the main cloud body. Cirrus...
castellatus (ACCAS) is a cloud type named for its tower-like projections that billow upwards from the base of the cloud. The base of the cloud can form as low...
cloud species attached to the cloud genera cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus and stratocumulus. Species of the clouds include cirrus castellanus, cirrocumulus...
Irisation can occasionally occur with these clouds. Altocumulus lenticularis Stratocumulus lenticularis List of cloud types Numen - The Latin Lexicon. "Definition...
apply, though very rarely, to Stratocumulus. List of cloud types Altocumulus lacunosus Wolken-Online. "Cirrocumulus". Cloud Atlas. Retrieved 21 July 2011...
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