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  2. Wave cloud - Wikipedia

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    That wave cloud pattern formed over the Île Amsterdam, in the lower left corner at the tip of the triangular formation, in the far southern Indian Ocean. A wave cloud is a cloud form created by atmospheric internal waves. Wave cloud pattern in Tadrart region. Unusual wave clouds over the Aral Sea, seen from NASA's Water satellite on March 12 ...

  3. List of cloud types - Wikipedia

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    Cloud decks in parallel bands of latitude at and below the tropopause alternately composed of ammonia crystals and ammonium hydrosulfate. Cirriform Bands of cloud resembling cirrus located mainly in the highest of three main layers that cover Jupiter. [28] Stratiform and stratocumuliform Wave and haze clouds that are seen mostly in the middle ...

  4. Altostratus undulatus cloud - Wikipedia

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    The wavy strips of clouds are generally near an inversion surface. Also referred to as billow clouds , wind row clouds , or wave clouds , variations of the undulatus can be elements that have merged or single elements that have stretched through the sky.

  5. Lenticular cloud - Wikipedia

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    Under certain conditions, long strings of lenticular clouds may form near the crest of each successive wave, creating a formation known as a "wave cloud". Those wave systems can produce large updrafts, occasionally enough for water vapour to condense and produce precipitation. [1] Lenticular clouds have been said to be mistaken for UFOs ...

  6. Orographic lift - Wikipedia

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    The island generates wave motion in the wind passing over it, creating regularly spaced orographic clouds. The wave crests raise and cool the air to form clouds, while the troughs remain too low for cloud formation. Note that while the wave motion is generated by orographic lift, it is not required. In other words, one cloud often forms at the ...

  7. Morning Glory cloud - Wikipedia

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    The cloud quickly dissipates over land where the air is drier. [3] The cloud can also be described as a solitary wave or a soliton or an undular bore, which is a wave that has a single crest and moves without changing speed or shape. They have been called "the biggest waves on the planet". [6] The wave may occur without the appearance of any ...

  8. Lee wave - Wikipedia

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    Rotor clouds have ragged leeward edges and are dangerously turbulent. [4] A foehn wall cloud may exist at the lee side of the mountains, however this is not a reliable indication of the presence of lee waves. A pileus or cap cloud, similar to a lenticular cloud, may form above the mountain or cumulus cloud generating the wave.

  9. Undular bore - Wikipedia

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    Image of a likely undular bore wave. In meteorology, an undular bore is a wave disturbance in the Earth's atmosphere and can be seen through unique cloud formations. They normally occur within an area of the atmosphere which is stable in the low levels after an outflow boundary or a cold front moves through.