Cirrus castellanus or Cirrus castellatus is a species of cirrus cloud. Its name comes from the word castellanus, which means of a fort, of a castle in...

appear gray. Cirrus comes in five visually-distinct species: castellanus, fibratus, floccus, spissatus, and uncinus: Cirrus castellanus has cumuliform...

cloud genera cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus and stratocumulus. Species of the clouds include cirrus castellanus, cirrocumulus castellanus, altocumulus...

Cirrus uncinus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus uncinus is derived from Latin, meaning "curly hooks". Also known as mares' tails, these clouds...

stratiformis, castellanus, and floccus. Cloud-based supplementary feature Mamma Bubble-like downward protuberances; mostly seen with species castellanus. Genitus...

spread to be several kilometres/miles wide, eventually resembling natural cirrus or altocumulus clouds. Persistent contrails are of particular interest to...

Cirrus spissatus or also called Cirrus densus and Cirrus nothus clouds are the highest of the main cloud genera, and may sometimes even occur in the lower...

Cirrus intortus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus intortus is derived from Latin, meaning "twisted, wound". The variety of intortus clouds...

Cirrus duplicatus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus duplicatus is derived from Latin, meaning "double". The duplicatus variety of cirrus clouds...

Cirrus fibratus, also called Cirrus filosus, is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus fibratus is derived from Latin, meaning "fibrous". These clouds...

Cirrus vertebratus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus vertebratus is derived from Latin, meaning "jointed, articulated, vertebrated". Like cirrus...

Cirrus floccus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus floccus is derived from Latin, meaning "a lock of wool". Cirrus floccus occurs as small tufts...

main genus types of high-altitude tropospheric clouds, the other two being cirrus and cirrostratus. They usually occur at an altitude of 5 to 12 km (16,000...

Cirrus radiatus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus radiatus is derived from Latin, meaning "rayed, striped". This variety of cirrus clouds occurs...

of the species stratiformis, castellanus, and floccus, and with stratocumulus of the species stratiformis and castellanus. It is possible for some species...

Cirrocumulus castellanus or Cirrocumulus castellatus is a type of cirrocumulus cloud. Castellanus is from the Latin meaning "of a castle". These clouds...

is usually formed due to the remaining dissipation of a stratocumulus castellanus cloud base. "Stratocumulus floccus (Sc flo) CIMO 2016". World Meteorological...

precipitation can begin to fall from heavy nimbostratus. If unstable altocumulus castellanus accompanies or takes the place of the main altostratus layer, cumulus...

v t e Cirrocumulus cloud (Cc) types Species Cirrocumulus castellanus (Cc cas) Cirrocumulus floccus (Cc flo) Cirrocumulus lenticularis (Cc len) Cirrocumulus...

precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Like cirrocumulus castellanus, cirrocumulus floccus is an indicator of atmospheric instability at the...

limited-convective or stratocumuliform characteristics: stratiformis, lenticularis, castellanus, and floccus. They are iridescent when the constituent supercooled water...

lacunosus is usually used to further define the species stratiformis, castellanus, or floccus. This results in the following combinations of species and...

of clouds become distinctly fibrous or striated. Cirrus clouds are often in appearance Cb Castellanus cas Distinct turrets rising from a large base or...

v t e Cirrocumulus cloud (Cc) types Species Cirrocumulus castellanus (Cc cas) Cirrocumulus floccus (Cc flo) Cirrocumulus lenticularis (Cc len) Cirrocumulus...

follows; separator between temperature and dew point data. ACC altocumulus castellanus ACFT MSHP aircraft mishap ACSL altocumulus standing lenticular cloud...

balloon) with respect to a fixed level such as sea level. altocumulus castellanus altocumulus (Ac) A middle-altitude cloud genus characterized by small...

v t e Cirrocumulus cloud (Cc) types Species Cirrocumulus castellanus (Cc cas) Cirrocumulus floccus (Cc flo) Cirrocumulus lenticularis (Cc len) Cirrocumulus...