While you might not recognize stratocumulus clouds by the name, I’m sure you’d recognize them in the sky. They’re extremely common clouds that range from a light gray to dark gray in color with a sky cover of primarily cloudy to mostly sunny. You’ll be happy to know that if you see these clouds in …
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When studying the different types of clouds, as well as all their features, you will come across a lot of specific terms. With so much to describe, it’s unsurprising that there are a lot of different names and categories within clouds – they are so much more than white formations in the sky. One of …
When Edgar Allen Poe wrote “Once upon a midnight dreary”, in his seminal work, The Raven, there’s no doubt the clouds in his sky were nimbostratus formations. Nimbostratus is the quintessential gloomy day cloud. Formless, encapsulating, and often concrete-gray, it’s hard not to feel a little run down when your blue skies are overrun with …
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There’s so many different clouds out there, as clouds form in a variety of ways. This is because as you get higher, the air temperature drops and the convection currents create distinctive layers within the atmosphere, giving clouds different appearances depending on where it was formed. But today we’ll be focusing on cirrocumulus clouds. Cirrocumulus …
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We have all at some point of our lives sat and just watched clouds glide by out of our bedroom window, something we notice when doing this is some of the clouds look different to others. To better understand what we are observing, it is best to know the different types of clouds, there are …
You may not know them by name but you definitely know what they look like. Cumulus clouds are the clouds we all drew as kids, they are the cotton ball clouds you see in the intro to The Simpsons. They come in many different shapes and sizes and are generally the easiest clouds to pick …
Lingering up on high in an almost timeless stasis, cirrus clouds are some of the most visually arresting formations in the sky. Delicate, diaphanous, and wholly dissimilar to their cousin clouds, they almost appear spread on the blue altitudes with a butter knife, instilling serenity in the heart of anyone lucky enough to catch a …
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There are all sorts of clouds in our atmosphere: from the infamous cumulus and nimbus to the alto and cirrus. But have you ever heard of a stratus cloud? Stick with us to learn more about these fascinating clouds, including how they’re formed and defined and the weather they produce. What is a Stratus Cloud? …
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Altocumulus clouds are typically found in groups or heaps of cloud clumped together. Usually they are found in the middle layer of the troposphere (the lowest region of the atmosphere), lower than the cirrocumulus clouds but higher than their cumulus and stratocumulus. The term ‘mackerel sky’ is also commonly associated with altocumulus; these clouds display …
Despite the general label we tend to give to them, clouds, as a type of formation, have an incredible amount of variety to them. You have your classic cumulus clouds, of the small, white and puffy variety, but you also have your cirrus clouds, those thin, feathery, and wispy varieties that form on a warm …
