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cloud banner [1 record]

Record 1 2022-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

[A] stationary orographic cloud which forms in the neighbourhood of a mountain crest or peak and takes the shape of a banner streaming downwind from the mountain peak.

OBS

This type of cloud must not be confused with snow which is blown off a mountain summit and carried downwind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Nuage orographique stationnaire qui se forme au voisinage de la crête ou du sommet d'une montagne et prend l'aspect d'une banderole qui flotte au vent au-dessus du versant sous le vent de la montagne.

OBS

Ce type de nuage ne doit pas être confondu avec de la neige soufflée de la crête ou du sommet et emportée par le vent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Nube orográfica estacionaria que se forma en la proximidad de un pico o de una cima montañosos, que muestra semejanza con una banderola ondeando al viento a sotavento del pico.

OBS

No se debe confundir este tipo de nube con la nieve desprendida por el viento de la cima de una montaña.

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