cirrocumulus in English

noun
1
cloud forming a broken layer of small fleecy clouds at high altitude, usually 16,500–45,000 feet (5–13 km), typically with a rippled or granulated appearance (as in a mackerel sky).
The breeze was soft, but bracingly cool, and the deep blue of the sky was checkered with a high cirrocumulus web, glinting golden and magenta in the glancing sunlight.

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1. 4 Ripples of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds—resembling the markings of a king mackerel—give the phenomenon its name.

2. The term mackerel sky is also common to Altocumulus (and cirrocumulus) clouds that display a pattern resembling fish scales.

3. Browse 1,794 Altocumulus clouds stock photos and images available, or search for cirrocumulus clouds or cirrus clouds to find more great stock photos and pictures

4. Common Cloud Names, Shapes, and Altitudes: duplicatus, undulatus fibratus nebulosus Cirrostratus undulatus, lacunosus stratiformis lenticularis castellanus floccus Cirrocumulus intortus, radiatus, vertebratus, duplicatus fibratus uncinus spissatus castellanus floccus Cirrus (none) (none)

5. Altocumulus A cloud of a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus

6. Altocumulus definition, a cloud of a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus: of medium altitude, about 8000–20,000 feet (2450–6100 meters)