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  2. List of cloud types - Wikipedia

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    Clouds of the genus nimbostratus tend to bring constant precipitation and low visibility. This cloud type normally forms above 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) [10] from altostratus cloud but tends to thicken into the lower levels during the occurrence of precipitation. The top of a nimbostratus deck is usually in the middle level of the troposphere.

  3. What are Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds? Rare formation spotted over ...

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    The rare and mesmerizing formation featured in Hunter's photo is actually known as a Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud, a name derived from Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz, the two scientists who ...

  4. Morning Glory cloud - Wikipedia

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    The Morning Glory cloud is a rare meteorological phenomenon consisting of a low-level atmospheric solitary wave and associated cloud, occasionally observed in different locations around the world. The wave often occurs as an amplitude -ordered series of waves forming bands of roll clouds .

  5. Mammatus cloud - Wikipedia

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    Mammatus cloud seen at Puthenpeedika, India Mammatus clouds formation in Coimbatore, India Mammatus clouds over the Nepal Himalayas. Mammatus (also called mamma [1] or mammatocumulus, meaning "mammary cloud") is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds.

  6. Storm clouds make great pictures, but what do they mean - AOL

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    Clouds can make for great pictures, ... In the summer months, the skies can fill up with a variety of interesting and unusual cloud formations, especially during stormy weather.

  7. What are the rare ‘UFO clouds’ seen across the UK? - AOL

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    UFO-shaped cloud displays have appeared over the sky in a rare sight for parts of the UK. Several UFO sightings over northern skies in the UK have previously been explained by these cloud formations.

  8. Asperitas (cloud) - Wikipedia

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    Asperitas (formerly known as Undulatus asperatus) is a cloud formation first popularized and proposed as a type of cloud in 2009 by Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Added to the International Cloud Atlas as a supplementary feature in March 2017, it is the first cloud formation added since cirrus intortus in 1951. [2]

  9. Altostratus cloud - Wikipedia

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    Altostratus duplicatus is a rare form of altostratus clouds composed of two or more layers of cloud. [8] Translucidus is a translucent form of altostratus clouds, meaning that the sun or moon can be seen through the cloud, [ 9 ] whereas the opacus variety is opaque. [ 10 ]