An arcus cloud is a low, horizontal cloud formation, usually appearing as an accessory cloud to a cumulonimbus. Roll clouds and shelf clouds are the two...

Virga: precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Arcus cloud (shelf cloud) leading a thunderstorm A cap (pileus) atop a congestus Incus with...

storms contain shelf clouds, which are often mistaken for wall clouds since an approaching shelf cloud appears to form a wall made of clouds and may contain...

imagery. Scud cloud (informal term for WMO species fractus) – ragged detached portions of cloud that usually form in precipitation. Shelf cloud (informal...

low clouds on weather satellite imagery. From the ground, outflow boundaries can be co-located with the appearance of roll clouds and shelf clouds. Outflow...

boundaries weakening updrafts substantially and clouds losing their thickness. Shelf clouds and roll clouds are usually seen above the leading edge of a...

of significant vertical development. Pileus (cap cloud), velum (apron), arcus (roll or shelf cloud) and tuba (vertical column) features are also occasionally...

cutting off this inflow. Visually this process may take the form of a shelf cloud, often with a turbulent appearance. Pressure perturbations around thunderstorms...

Scud clouds are very commonly found on the leading edge of a storm front. In this area of a storm, scud are commonly associated with shelf clouds. Pannus...

overshooting top); cooler air to the right in the image may or may not form a shelf cloud, but the precipitation zone will occur where the heat engine of the uplift...

downbursts, and downburst clusters. In addition, the powerful updrafts and high cloud tops can cause for dangerous conditions. Their sheer size also makes them...

the parent cloud system. The arcus and roll clouds, shelf cloud, wall cloud, and scud are examples of low level or vertical accessory clouds whilst the...

usually found under shelf clouds. List of cloud types Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fractus cloud. "Appendix 3: History of cloud nomenclature". World...

likely scenario is that it condenses into a shelf cloud or roll cloud, rather than an altocumulus volutus cloud. When found in environments where it is not...

values of relevant quantities such as sea-level pressure, temperature, and cloud cover onto a geographical map to help find synoptic scale features such...

airliner reported IMC, and a video taken by a ground witness showed a shelf cloud passing over the area at the time.: 14–15  First officer Aska then requested...

values of relevant quantities such as sea level pressure, temperature, and cloud cover onto a geographical map to help find synoptic scale features such...

because of the presence of an obfuscating cloud. shelf cloud A low, elongated, wedge-shaped accessory cloud that occurs along a gust front, often masking...

Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted...

the surface of the earth and the base of a cumulonimbus cloud (thundercloud) or a cumulus cloud, in rare cases. Tornadoes come in many sizes but typically...

transport of moisture (evapotranspiration) and pollutants (air pollutants). Clouds in the boundary layer influence trade winds, the hydrological cycle, and...

The Harvard Classics, originally marketed as Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf of Books, is a 50-volume series of classic works of world literature, important...

A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede...

persists for several hours or more. A mesoscale convective system's overall cloud and precipitation pattern may be round or linear in shape, and include weather...

Defense cloud computing contract which has been reported as being worth $10 billion over ten years. JEDI was meant to be a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)...

funnel – Brief, often weak funnel generated by shear in a thunderstorm. Shelf cloud – Generally associated with strong thunderstorms, found along the leading...

Panoramic view of the storm's arcus cloud (a.k.a. shelf cloud) over Sugar Grove, Illinois on August 10...

form of a wedge of rain-cooled air, which is visible as a thin rope-like cloud on weather satellite imagery or a fine line on weather radar imagery. For...

Western Wisconsin Derecho Shelf cloud as it approached Downsville, WI Date(s) July 15, 1980 Peak wind gust  (measured) 112 mph (180 km/h; 50.1 m/s) Tornado...

A shelf cloud approaching Perth city looking over Perth City Farm in East Perth at 3:53 pm local time...