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Cloud Streets - Rows of cumulus or cumulus-type clouds aligned parallel to the low-level flow. Cloud streets sometimes can be seen from the ground, but are seen best on satellite photographs.
Cloud Streets Lines or rows of cumuliform clouds.
Cloudburst Any sudden, heavy rain shower.
Closed lows aloft typically are partially or completely detached from the main westerly current, and thus move relatively slowly (see cutoff low).
Cloud Streets - Rows of cumulus or cumulus-type clouds aligned parallel to the low-level flow.
Under certain conditions cumulus clouds may be arranged in files, cloud streets, oriented approximately parallel to the wind direction. Changes in direction of illumination and in background cause modification of color and of apparent surface relief.
Called cloud streets, they are a good measure of roll wavelength. Typically, cloud streets are spaced at about two to three times the depth of the rolls, although larger spacings are not unusual.
Cloud and fog organization - organization of clouds or fog into distinct pattern such as cellular convection closed cells, cellular convection open cells, longitudinal rolls, cloud streets, and other types.
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Browse Related Terms: Accessory Cloud, ACLD, Banner Cloud, CAVU, Cloud Layer, Cloud Movement, Cloud Streets, Comma Cloud, Lenticular Cloud, Mammatus Clouds, Nacreous Clouds, TOP ...
 See also: Surface, Layer, Normal, Parallel, Temperature
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