(Sc) A principal low-level cloud type (cloud genus), predominantly stratiform, in the form of relatively low gray and/or whitish layer, sheet or patch. Its elements are often arranged in bands or rolls that lie across the wind. Light rain, snow, or sleet may fall from stratocumulus.
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(from the article `atmosphere`) ...turbulent bubble characteristic of a cumuliform cloud. Cumuliform clouds, which reach no higher than the lower troposphere, are known as cumulus ... ...km (42,500 to 16,500 feet), are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Middle clouds, 7 to 2 km (23,000 to 6,500 feet), are altocumulus and ... a. ...
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Low-level clouds, existing in a relatively flat layer but having individual elements. Elements often are arranged in rows, bands, or waves.
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stratocumulus 1. In meteorology, a principal cloud classification, characterized by gray or white, usually stratiform layers that nearly always have dark patches and a nonfibrous aspect; usually arranged in orderly groups, lines, or waves, and composed of small water droplets, sometimes accompanied by larger droplets, soft hail, and (rarely) snowfl...
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a principal low-level cloud type (cloud genus), predominantly stratiform, in the form of relatively low gray and/or whitish layer, sheet or patch ; its elements are often arranged in bands or rolls that lie across the wind; light rain, snow, or sleet may fall from stratocumulus .
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stratocumulus clouds are usually large and rounded. They seldom produce precipitation, but often indicate that a storm is coming.
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a cloud of a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus and the whole being at a lower altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2400 m).
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