[Gail Holt]

Hi , Cirrocumulus I think. Kind Regards,

Gail

[Gail Holt]

mammatus not mammals! Dam autocorrect…… :(

[Gail Holt]

Yes, these are mamma (or mammals) which hang from the end of a cumulonimbus storm cloud which has passed.

Gail

[Gail Holt]

Hi, IMHO I don’t think it’s Volutus… it doesn’t appear to be rolling and volutus is a roll cloud.  It may just be a long cumulus cloud but definitely with virga.

Cheers

Gail

[Gail Holt]

Hi Marie, beautiful clouds indeed! I think the first 2 photos, especially the second one, are Vertebratus. Happy to be corrected.

Not sure about the others but very nice indeed.

Kind regards, Gail

[Gail Holt]

Lovely indeed… I think it is Altocumulus Floccus.  I’m unsure whether the little ‘silkworm’ in the middle right of the picture can be classed as Vertebratus.

Kind regards,

Gail

[Gail Holt]

Hi Gail,

Yes there is. Go to your App Store and download the Cloud Appreciation Society Cloud-a-Day app.  It has an AI cloud identifier function which is very useful.

Kind regards,

Gail

[Gail Holt]

Thanks all, especially Hans for the diagram.

[Gail Holt]

Ahhhh… thank you so much.  I was thinking of geometric angle degrees not celestial astronomic degrees. It now all makes sense… I should have twigged being a (very) amateur astronomer.

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