stratocumulus in English

noun

1

cloud forming a low layer of clumped or broken gray masses.

In summer, Arctic Ocean packice cover is incomplete and heavily puddled, which maintains a constant layer of stratus and stratocumulus cloud cover.

Use "stratocumulus" in a sentence

1. Aerial view of Veniaminof Volcano rising above a thick stratocumulus cloud deck.

2. Altostratus clouds are generally a featureless layer cloud, whereas stratocumulus clouds have more detail

3. It contains rolling green hills and a blue sky with stratocumulus and cirrus clouds.

4. Atmospheric Condition Cloud type 1. moist very stable air a) Stratus 2. very moist stable air b) Stratocumulus

5. A layer or series of patches of rather flattened rounded masses, long rolls, undulations, waves. b) Stratocumulus 2.

6. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.

7. The default wallpaper, Bliss, is a photo of a landscape in the Napa Valley outside Napa, California, with rolling green hills and a blue sky with stratocumulus and cirrus clouds.

8. Remember, if you’re trying to decide between an Altostratus and stratocumulus cloud, and the cloud being observed has been determined to have an associated cloud species, it’s not an Altostratus …

9. 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

10. 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)