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In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. 65518
01-february-2021: Carnic Alps of Italy bordering the Austrian ones at Passo Pramollo/Nassfeld Pass (1530m a.s.l. Italy/Austria), here in Friuli-VG, Italia
On the whole, the "stau" (queue) from the South, that is the ascent of progressively wetter and colder currents from valley to mountain, which produced this elongated and curled cloud, never exceeded that position throughout the all day, leaving, to the North, the completely clear sky, in the consequential phase of the fall of these currents from the chain towards the Austrian valleys on the opposite side; that is the reverse phenomenon of the "stau", called "Foehn" (or a "sort of Foehn", that is the descent of increasingly drier and milder currents from mountain to valley, the end of the queue...).
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. 65633
"Morgenrot ...Schlechtwetter droht" means "a beautiful red sky at dawn...bad weather is threatening" ...this weather forecast suited at this morning at dawn on what followed.
My location was a few minutes walk from the Fermeda Hut below Seceda/South Tyrol/Dolomites. The paths to the right lead to the Col Raiser cable car. The mountains in the background are part of the Puez-Odle Nature Park.
Panorama from 2 horizontal shots.
"Morgenrot...Schlechtwetter droht"...dieser Wetterspruch passte neulich während der Morgendämmerung auf das was folgte.
Mein Standort auf der Aschgler-Alm (auch Mastlè-Alm) war wenige Minuten zu Fuß von der Fermeda-Hütte unterhalb der Seceda entfernt. Die Wege nach rechts führen zur Col Raiser. Die Berge im Hintergrund gehören zum Naturpark Puez-Geisler.
Panorama aus 2 horizontalen Bildern,
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A view of Belmont Bay from Virginia's Mason Neck State Park. This was taken from the Bayview Trail. A 1.02 mile easy trail that skirts the bay and the marsh. #MasonNeckStatePark #Virginia #nature #Natur #Fujifilm #BelmontBay #baie #water #Wasser #eau #Bucht #入口 #ハイキング #草木 #plants #Pflanzen #végétaux #StratocumulusClouds
From the western side of the Loy Canyon, the Coconino National Forest barely resembles a forest at all. The sparse pinion pines, shrubs, sagebrush and cactus are more representative of the desert climate most people associate with Arizona.
Across the canyon, the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness Area - with its buttes and mesas most closely associated with Sedona - rises demonstrating the colorful strata of the Colorado Plateau. The stratocumulus clouds beyond Bear Mountain indicate very low probability of rain around Sedona on this heavily overcast spring afternoon. This scene has remained relatively unchanged since the time of the Sinagua ancestors of the Hopi, who inhabited the region between AD 1150 and 1350. Their cliff dwelling settlements nearby, named Honanki and Palatki, indicate a stable society that hunted, tended crops, and gathered edible plants and berries around this area.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. 64909
18-May-2023
Late spring mild and humid currents tend to condense their water vapor in contact with the snow covered mountain chain, a contrast which produces a sudden thermal collapse of the air mass and therefore rapid condensation into clouds, Stratocumulus genus.
The higher altitude clouds, Altocumulus genus (Altocumulus floccus), clearly visible in the upper left part of the photo, highlight the presence of humid and unstable air even higher up (about 4-5000m a.s.l.).
13-november-2020: from the Northern Adriatic Sea and the Friuli Plain, through the Canal del Ferro, open to the south, a very humid mass, condensed into low clouds (Stratocumulus), rises and keeps all areas at lower altitudes under an extended gray.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. R_8306
31-may-2022
These clouds do not form the basis of a Cumulonimbus, they are passing clouds with an original modest vertical development (generally identifiable as Stratocumulus), but, meeting this imposing mountain chain and its ascending currents, accumulate and remix themselves, creating a turmoil effect so as to be able to frame them in the genus Nimbostratus, but, evidently, not able to provide any precipitation.
The formation of some amazing looking stratocumulus clouds over a silhouetted landscape of trees in the countryside.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names.
Two things contribute to the moon being visible in daylight. First, it is bright enough that its light penetrates the scattered blue light of the sky. If you're looking at exactly the right spot with a telescope, you can also see the planets Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter in daylight, plus a few of the brightest stars (though few casual observers can actually pull this off). Secondly, the moon must be high enough in the sky to be visible. Because of the Earth's rotation, the moon is above the horizon roughly 12 hours out of every 24. Since those 12 hours almost never coincide with the roughly 12 hours of daylight in every 24 hours, the possible window for observing the moon in daylight averages about 6 hours a day. The moon is visible in daylight nearly every day, the exceptions being close to new moon, when the moon is too close to the sun to be visible, and close to full moon when it is only visible at night. The best times in the month to see the moon in daylight are close to first and last quarter, when the moon is 90 degrees away from the sun in the sky. R_6972
Lenticular clouds (Altocumulus lenticularis) are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form in the troposphere, normally in perpendicular alignment to the wind direction. Lenticular clouds can be separated into altocumulus standing lenticularis (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL), and cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL). Because of their shape, they have been offered as an explanation for some Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. R_6940
05-february-2021: Rive/Seafront from Audace Pier.
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
The foggy and drizzly weather along "Le Rive" (Seafront) of Trieste is one of the various faces of winter in these areas.
The phenomenon, due to a mass of stratocumulus, 4-500m thick, grazing the sea level, is the result of African anticyclonic winter conditions (hot and dry air at high altitudes) with consequent thermal inversion spread over all maritime areas (where it acquires humidity) and plains of the entire basin of the Northern Adriatic Gulf of Venice.
A situation that has its own charm...were it not for the the increasing presence of the African/Saharan HP, at latitudes that are not its own, that makes this phenomenon too frequent and prolonged in the "new meteo-climatic conditions" for the European baric framework, indirectly dictated by the Global Warming, without any doubt.
Crepuscular rays /krᵻˈpʌskjᵿlər/ (also known as sunbeams, Sun rays or God rays), in atmospheric optics, are rays of sunlight that appear to radiate from the point in the sky where the sun is located. These rays, which stream through gaps in clouds (particularly stratocumulus) or between other objects, are columns of sunlit air separated by darker cloud-shadowed regions. Despite seeming to converge at a point, the rays are in fact near-parallel shafts of sunlight, and their apparent convergence is a perspective effect (similar, for example, to the way that parallel railway lines seem to converge at a point in the distance).
The name comes from their frequent occurrences during twilight hours (those around dawn and dusk), when the contrasts between light and dark are the most obvious. Crepuscular comes from the Latin word "crepusculum", meaning twilight
This image was composed looking down King Valley in Alberta, Canada's Kananaskis Country. I thought the valley lines and mountain architecture were appealing, but that it was the clouds that added interest. In this image, one can see cirrus clouds (high and wispy, altocumulus clouds (medium height cumulus) and stratocumulus (low level, packed cumulus). (This image will also be found in my Album: "Cloud Photographs and Categories Series.")
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I like the style of these picnic tables, good for either meal prep or for those in wheelchairs to have a place at the table.
Seeing this park reminds me that it's been quite awhile since I've driven that way.
I wonder how the trees are doing.
I hope that Christmas was enjoyable for everyone.
Happy Bench Monday.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Sunset from a few nights back. Harvest is just beginning here,considerably later and wetter than normal. We actually haven't started ourselves yet, hopefully later this week. Better and dryer weather please!
HSS all!
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Taken a couple of weeks ago before they were all gathered safely in, near East Bridgford a short drive from our home..
"White & yellow with blue & black well that's enough to make me smile & have an Art attack" @TTbeep
Altocumulus is a middle-altitude cloud genus that belongs mainly to the stratocumuliform physical category 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.
Altitude: 2,000–7,000 m; (7,000–23,000 ft)
Precipitation cloud?: Virga only
Appearance: Similar to cirrocumulus, but individual segments are larger and darker
Genus: Alto- (high), -cumulus
Classification: Family B (Medium-level)
Abbreviation: Ac
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
I moved backwards and the sun moved too, sweeping across this small landscape and I could not leave this one behind despite the similarity ...
Panorama Sunrise with cloudy sky over Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
In a, for the time of year, very cold polar airmass, weak showers developed. They were more like cumulus or stratocumulus clouds with some minor precipitation.
The temperature of the tops of these clouds was just below the freezing point, and so they could develop some precipitation due to a meteorological phenomenon, called the Wegener–Bergeron–Findeisen process.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
This event is rather unusual if not rare. The lower levels of the atmosphere is very cold and moist. Lots of virga (ice crystals) are falling out of these thin cloud masses. Had this occurred in summer, severe weather is most likely later in the day. On this day, scattered convective snow shower occurred shortly after this mid-morning capture.
An alternative cloud classification could be: Altocumulus Floccus Clouds With Virga but I believe these clouds were well below 6000 above ground level.
I upload a time lapse of this event: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51753641288/in/photost....
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Presence
High Peaks Wilderness, NY
I make the steep climb up Mt Jo on the short trail to be in time for sunrise, a somewhat treacherous exercise on that trail by the light of a headlamp. This first objective fizzles behind a socked in horizon, farther east and behind more foliage than I had expected. So now I wait for the vista south, wondering when the partly sunny forecast will begin. Below me is a dull expanse of Adirondack autumn, with ascending ridge lines disappearing into the gloom. The presence of great mountains makes me more introspective, I think. I often imagine the specter of people near to my heart in these idle minutes away from the domestic grind, remembering moments and invoking a word, a touch, or a smile. Lost in the nearness of you I am almost startled when the sky breaks open from the east, and a waterfall of light pours across the basin. This is what I’m here for, and I turn to the task until it’s gone, closed again behind the stratocumulus. I gather to leave for other adventures, but for a few moments I might bask in the aura you leave behind.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Cloud sheet stretched over sunrise from Umina Point at Umina Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.