Pileus Clouds smooth capping clouds
Pileus (Latin for "skullcap") is a smooth cloud found attached to either a mountain top or growing cumulus tower.
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Pileus
Latin - cap
A cloud in the form of a cap above or attached to the upper part of a cumuliform cloud, indicating strong updrafts within the cloud.
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Pileus cloud A smooth cloud in the form of a cap. Occurs above, or is attached to, the top of a cumuliform cloud.
Polar air mass A cold air mass that forms in a high-latitude source region.
Cap cloud See Pileus cloud.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) A colorless, odorless gas whose concentration is about 0.035 percent (355 ppm) in a volume of air near sea level.
(cumulonimbus with pileus: see) pileus (meteorology)
cumulus castellanus cloud
cumulus cloud
cumulus congestus cloud
cumulus humilis cloud
cumulus mediocris cloud
(cup anemometer: see) anemometer (see under Cup anemometers) ...
The nine supplementary features and accessory clouds are incus, mamma, virga, praecipitatio, arcus, tuba, pileus, velum, and pannus. (Note: Although these are Latin words, it is proper convention to use only the singular endings, e.g.
 See also: Air, Cumulonimbus, Horizon, Altitude, Cloud
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