Stratocumulus means a sheet of lumpy clouds; perlucidus means the light goes around. All this lies below tangled cirrus.
Posts Tagged ‘cirrus’
Stratocumulus perlucidus & cirrus intortus
Posted in Meteorology, tagged cirrus, Cloud types, cumulus on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How big is a cloud? How high?
Posted in Meteorology, tagged cirrus, cumulus, Orders of magnitude in weather on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cloud sizes range from the smallest wisps of fog, no larger than man, to cumulo-nimbus that are several miles in height.
Humdity on high
Posted in Meteorology, tagged cirrus on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Condensation trail in late August 2009 Everyone sees vapor trails from time to time. Some are long and knotted; some are short, disappearing in less than half a minute; some are swept across the sky by upper winds and persist for hours and hours. I’ve always wondered whether the length of the contrail could [...]
Cirro stratus
Posted in Meteorology, tagged cirrus on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to be enthusiastic about photographing high sheets, even high sheets of angel hair. They’re probably 5 miles up, maybe six, and they’re made of ice. It implies that warm, humid air is moving in. On the other hand, this is a perfect sky for certain types of light display. [...]
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