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Those undulations though...
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The main clouds featured are classified as 'altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus undulatus’ (Ac str pe un). Visit our profile URL to learn more.
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Stratiformis: Horizontal, layer-like form⠀
☁️ Perlucidus: Transparent by small gaps⠀
☁️ Undulatus: Wavelike, undulating⠀
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& : Charlottesville, VA - April 20, 2019⠀
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*Cloud Classification School* Let's classify this cloud together. ⠀⠀
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Figuring out the cloud type, a layer cloud (stratus) might come to mind. But these clouds are puffy. Because they're layered puffs, this happens to be a really good example of altocumulus clouds of the stratiformis species (horizontal layer). They're not very close to the ground to be stratocumulus, but they're not high enough and the puffs aren't small enough to be cirrocumulus. ✅⠀
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Of the nine cloud varieties, altocumulus clouds are associated with 7 of them. They aren't multilayered (duplicatus), they don't have holes in them (lacunosus), and you probably wouldn't classify them as opacus or translucidus because the cloud layer isn't particularly thick or thin. The radiatus cloud variety doesn't match up either. But this happens to be a really good example of the perlucidus cloud variety due to the cracks of blue sky in between the cloud heaps. And the clouds are lined on the left side of the image, making them a slight candidate for the cloud variety undulatus, though maybe not the best example I've ever seen. ✅
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Altocumulus clouds can be associated with five supplementary features: asperitas, cavum, fluctus, mamma, and virga. But there aren't any of these features apparent in this photo. ✅
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Putting all the pieces together, you’d classify this cloud as ‘altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus undulatus’. Scroll to the right to see graphical representations of these clouds. ⠀⠀⠀
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The clouds featured are classified as 'altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus undulatus’ (Ac str pe un). Visit our profile URL to learn more.
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Stratiformis: Horizontal, layer-like form⠀
☁️ Perlucidus: Transparent by small gaps⠀
☁️ Undulatus: Wavelike, undulating⠀
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& : Charlottesville, VA - April 13, 2019⠀
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A lenticular wave cloud forming leeward of the Blue Ridge Mountains... or is at a bird of prey? ⠀
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The main cloud featured is classified as 'altocumulus lenticularis’ (Ac len). Visit our profile URL to learn more. ⠀
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Lenticularis: Lens-shaped, resembling a UFO⠀
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& : Afton, VA - November 24, 2018⠀
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Road-tripping and cloudspotting go hand in hand... agree or disagree? ⠀
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The clouds featured are classified as 'altocumulus stratiformis opacus asperitas’ (Ac str op asp). Visit our profile URL to learn more. ⠀
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Stratiformis: Horizontal, layer-like form⠀
☁️ Opacus: Opaque, masks the sun⠀
☁️ Asperitas: Chaotic, wavy underneath⠀
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& : Chambersburg, PA - December 20, 2018⠀
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Not all lenticular clouds look like spaceships. Here's an example of some altocumulus lenticularis wave clouds with smooth edges on the leeward side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. ⛰⠀
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The clouds featured are classified as 'altocumulus lenticularis’ (Ac len). Visit our profile URL to learn more. ⠀
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Lenticularis: Lens-shaped, resembling a UFO⠀
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& : Charlottesville, VA - November 19, 2018⠀
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Red lenticular clouds at sunset... just another winter evening in Colorado. ⠀
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Today's photo is courtesy of @aion_ra, a Colorado-based photographer and cloud watcher. Check out their profile at @aion_ra. ⠀
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The main clouds featured are classified as 'altocumulus lenticularis duplicatus’ (Ac len du). Visit our profile URL to learn more. ⠀
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Lenticularis: Lens-shaped, resembling a UFO⠀
☁️ Duplicatus: Multilayered⠀
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& : Lookout Mountain, Golden, CO - February 14, 2019⠀
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Caught a mild form of asperitas clouds a week ago while on a hike. The best way to describe these clouds would be if you jumped into the ocean wearing goggles, swam down 5 to 10 feet, and looked back towards the surface of the water. ☝️⠀
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The main clouds featured are classified as 'altocumulus stratiformis opacus asperitas’ (Ac str op asp). Visit our profile URL to learn more.
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☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀
☁️ Stratiformis: Horizontal, layer-like form⠀
☁️ Opacus: Opaque, masks the sun⠀
☁️ Asperitas: Chaotic, wavy underneath⠀
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& : Occoquan Bay, Woodbridge, VA - November 24, 2018⠀
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A few interesting cloud specimens at sunset.
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The cloud in the foreground (the one shaped like the Starship Enterprise ) has some smooth edges and some lens-shaped features, making it an example of the cloud species 'lenticularis'. It sits below an undulating altocumulus layer, with some gaps in between the undulating rolls where you can make out the sky (cloud variety 'perlucidus').
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⛅️ #WhatsThisCloud: The clouds featured are classified as 'stratocumulus lenticularis' (Sc len) and 'altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus undulatus’ (Ac str pe un). Visit our profile URL to learn more.
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☁️ Stratocumulus: Low, puffy layer⠀⠀
☁️ Lenticularis: Lens-shaped, resembling a UFO⠀⠀
☁️ Altocumulus: Mid-altitude cloud heaps⠀⠀
☁️ Stratiformis: Horizontal, layer-like form⠀⠀
☁️ Perlucidus: Transparent by small gaps⠀⠀
☁️ Undulatus: Wavelike, undulating⠀⠀
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& : Charlottesville, VA - April 20, 2019⠀⠀
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