Stratocumulus Clouds low, lumpy layer of clouds
Stratocumulus clouds generally appear as a low, lumpy layer of clouds that is sometimes accompanied by weak intensity precipitation.
Stratocumulus (Sc) A principal low-level cloud type (cloud genus), predominantly stratiform, in the form of relatively low gray and/or whitish layer, sheet or patch. Its elements are often arranged in bands or rolls that lie across the wind.
stratocumulus - (Abbreviated Sc.) A principal cloud type (cloud genus), predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous (except for virga).
Stratocumulus
Low level layered cloud, lines of rounded rolls, generally white with some grey, sky showing through.
Stratocumulus - Low-level clouds, existing in a relatively flat layer but having individual elements. Elements often are arranged in rows, bands, or waves.
Stratocumulus - a low-level cloud in the form of a gray and/or whitish flat layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is non-fibrous
Stratus - a low-level cloud in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base ...
Stratocumulus (Sc): Low clouds that appear in rows or patches and are white or gray in color.
Stratopause: The top of the stratosphere, delineating the stratosphere from the mesosphere.
STRATOCUMULUS A low cloud composed of layers or patches of cloud elements.
Stratocumulus A low cloud, predominantly stratiform, with low, lumpy, rounded masses, often with blue sky between them.
Stratocumulus (Sc) It has globular masses or rolls unlike the flat, sometimes definite, base of stratus. This cloud often forms from stratus as the stratus is breaking up or from spreading out of cumulus clouds.
Stratocumulus (Sc) Low clouds consisting of large, irregular puff or rolls arranged in a layer.
Stratopause Transition zone between the stratosphere and the mesosphere.
stratocumulus—A low cloud, predominantly stratiform in gray and/or whitish patches or layers, may or may not merge; elements are tessellated, rounded, or roll-shaped with relatively flat tops.
Stratocumulus
A stratocumulus cloud belongs to a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumuli, and the whole being at a lower altitude, ...
Stratocumulus - stratus + cumulus. Is it one or the other? Both. Low altitude mounds imbedded in a layer.
Stratus - Grey flannel blanket of cloud.
Towering cumulus - A cumulonimbus in the making. High piled cumulus cloud.
Stratocumulus
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Browse Related Terms: Fractocumulus, Fractostratus, Gunge, OTRW, RGD, st, STFR, Stratus
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STRATOCUMULUS - Low spread-out type cumulus clouds. Often forms from the weakening and spreading out of cumulus type clouds especially near fronts or convective atmospheres with a strong cap inversion. May cause a light drizzle. Abbreviation is SC.
Stratus and stratocumulus clouds at about 4,000 ft. and 6,000 ft over our house looking east out our backyard.
closed-cell stratocumulus"A term often used to describe satellite-viewed oceanic stratocumulus associated with an inversion.
They are classified as low clouds, and include all varieties of stratus and stratocumulus. The opposite in type are the vertical development of cumuliform clouds. STRATOCUMULUS A low cloud composed of layers or patches of cloud elements.
cumulus (puffy, irregular clouds), stratocumulus (cumulus clouds arranged in a broad layer)
clouds of vertical development
cumulonimbus (thunderhead) forms by vertical growth (upward convection) of cumulus cloud ...
In the 'Low' cloud classification come: Stratus (St); Stratocumulus (Sc); Cumulus (Cu) and Cumulonimbus (Cb).
Stratiform clouds include stratus and stratocumulus. Cumuliform clouds include cumulus and cumulonimbus. This altitude applies to the temperate zone. In the polar regions, these clouds may be found at lower altitudes.
May occur with cirrus, altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus and cumulonimbus. Mammatus clouds often accompany severe thunderstorms, but do not produce severe weather; they may accompany non-severe storms as well.
low clouds: clouds found between the earth's surface and 2 kilometers (0-6500 feet) in all geographic regions. Contains stratocumulus and stratus clouds, and sometimes nimbostratus, cirrus and cumulonimbus clouds.
Low Cloud
(Low-Level Cloud) Cloud of the low cloud state. Stratus and Stratocumulus are almost invariably low-level clouds.
Remnant Low: Used for systems no longer having convection required of a tropical cyclone (e.g., the swirls of stratocumulus in the eastern North Pacific).
A cloud of a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus.
altitude: 20,000 ft and above are the cirrus or cirro clouds (cirrocumulus, cirrostratus), composed of mostly ice crystals; from 6,500 to 20,000ft are the alto clouds (altostratus, altocumulus); Low clouds develop up to 6,500ft (stratocumulus, ...
These types of clouds are typically stratocumulus or cirro-cumulus layers which look like a patchwork in the sky, sometimes even a checkerboard. There were some present in the Twin Cities area on Tuesday of this week.
are almost entirely of water, but the water may be supercooled at sub-freezing temperatures. Low clouds at sub-freezing temperatures can also contain snow and ice particles. The two most common members of this family are stratus and stratocumulus.
The subsiding air warms up, its relative humidity falls, and fine weather is the usual accompaniment of subsidence, though fog, stratus or stratocumulus clouds may occur under certain conditions. The contrary case is called convergence.
Low clouds are found up to 6,500 feet and include the stratocumulus and nimbostratus clouds. When stratus clouds contact the ground they are called fog. Vertical clouds, such as cumulus, rise far above their bases and can form at many heights.
Abbreviation for Altocumulus - a cloud of a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus.
Low cloudStratus, stratocumulus, cumulus and cumulonimbus.Low-level jetA region of relatively strong winds in the lower part of the atmosphere. Mainly cloudyMore than half cloud cover but with some breaks in the cloud.
 See also: Cumulus, Surface, Air, Cloud, Stratus
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