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Unknown clous typr

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    • December 11, 2024 at 1:51 pm #628323
      Robert Pearson avatarRobert Pearson
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      What cloud type is this?

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    • December 11, 2024 at 2:19 pm #628324
      Nienke Lantman avatarNienke Lantman
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      Mammatus! Lovely picture!

       

    • December 11, 2024 at 2:32 pm #628326
      Robert Pearson avatarRobert Pearson
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      I wouldn’t have guessed that. All the photos I’ve seen have lobes. Is this a special or less common form? Here is another photo with more included.

      IMG_2308 (2a)

      • December 13, 2024 at 2:28 pm #628591
        Nienke Lantman avatarNienke Lantman
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        I can see lobes, in the middle, but when they are directly over you they are less visible……

         

    • December 11, 2024 at 2:44 pm #628327
      Richard Goetze avatarRichard Goetze
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      Appears Floccose form. Maybe Cirrocumulus Lacunosus?

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    • December 13, 2024 at 9:40 am #628578
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Hello Robert, your images show both lacunosus, like Richard suggests. According to ts soft and large features I think it is Altocumulus. The second image has in comparison also the streaky features of Cirrus. That makes me think that some of the altocumulus has developed into cirrus (altocumulogenitus). What do you think?

    • December 13, 2024 at 10:45 am #628587
      Robert Pearson avatarRobert Pearson
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      Thanks Hans. It makes sense to me what you say. It was a great cloud day with many changes over time. I have other photos of lacunosus but not with so little cloud fringe around the holes or so smooth. Here are three more photos showing how it was changing. I need to think about altocumulus developing into cirrus, new to my thinking about cloud formation.

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    • December 13, 2024 at 1:06 pm #628589
      Hans Stocker avatarHans Stocker
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      Very nice ones Robert. They  all show more or less the same features imo. Nice to see development in a series of the same sky.

      😊

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