cirrocumulus
High wispy puffs
Cirrocumulus is a high-altitude cloud formation appearing as small white puffs or ripples arranged in rows or patterns, often called a "mackerel sky" for its resemblance to fish scales.
These thin clouds form above 20,000 feet and typically indicate fair weather, though they may precede a change in conditions.
The cirrocumulus clouds created a delicate pattern across the morning sky.
Elevated atmospheric position
- troposphereLowest atmospheric layer
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
- supercooledChilled past freezing, still liquid
- thinSmall in diameter
delicate · translucent · diffuse · scattered · wispy · feathery · diaphanous · gossamer
Mid-level sheet cloud
- stratusLow, flat cloud layer
- nimbostratusThick gray rain-bearing cloud
- lenticularLens-shaped, doubly curved
- contrailAircraft condensation streak
cloudscape · mackerel sky · overcast · cloudy · wispy · fleece · puff · formation
Moved in undulations
- waveletsSmall gentle waves
- dappledMarked with spots
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- scallopedHaving rounded, wavelike edges
tessellated · herringbone · billows · corrugated · cellular · honeycomb · fish-scale
Prediction of future conditions
- fair weatherPleasant, dry climate
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- changeTo make different
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
humidity · precipitation · clearing · instability · convection · atmospheric · observation
high-altitude
Elevated atmospheric position
- troposphereLowest atmospheric layer
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
- supercooledChilled past freezing, still liquid
thin · delicate · translucent · diffuse · scattered · wispy · feathery · diaphanous · gossamer
altostratus
Mid-level sheet cloud
- stratusLow, flat cloud layer
- nimbostratusThick gray rain-bearing cloud
- lenticularLens-shaped, doubly curved
contrail · cloudscape · mackerel sky · overcast · cloudy · wispy · fleece · puff · formation
rippled
Moved in undulations
scalloped · tessellated · herringbone · billows · corrugated · cellular · honeycomb · fish-scale
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- fair weatherPleasant, dry climate
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- changeTo make different
barometer · humidity · precipitation · clearing · instability · convection · atmospheric · observation
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
luminous · iridescent · sundog · halo · twilight · dawn · dusk · golden hour · painterly · picturesque
- Cloudsstratus, nimbostratus, lenticular, mammatus, contrails
- high cloudsmare's tail, mare's tails, wispy cloud, wispy clouds, thin clouds
cirrocumuluscumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
thunderhead · storm clouds · nimbostratus · storm cloud · nimbus
cirrocumuluscumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
nimbostratus · overcast · dark · stratus · dense clouds
accumulation, cumulus, cirrus, cumulate, cumulonimbus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, cirrostratus