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ALTOCUMULUS CASTELLANUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

[A middle cloud] named for the turret-like protuberances in its top portions, [and which] signifies unstable air in the vicinity and often indicates the potential for thunderstorms later in the day.

CONT

Altocumulus castellatus [is] a middle cloud with vertical development that forms from altocumulus clouds.

CONT

Altocumulus Castellanus (ACCAS) [are] from between 6,500 and 23,000 feet.

OBS

ACCAST ([usually pronounced:] "Alto-Q-Cast")(Altocumulus castellanus or castellatus; the proper abbreviation for the Daily Register is 'Ac cas') ...

OBS

ACCAS: (usually pronounced ACK-kis) - AltoCumulus CAStellanus ...

OBS

castellanus: Previously called castellatus.

Key term(s)
  • alto-cumulus castellanus
  • alto cumulus castellanus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Masses cumuliformes, plus ou moins développées verticalement, rangées en file et reposant sur une base commune horizontale, ce qui donne au nuage une apparence crénelée.

CONT

Les altocumulus castellanus indiquent l'existence d'une certaine instabilité à caractère orageux en altitude; ils peuvent ainsi précéder ou annoncer le développement de cumulonimbus et des orages qui les accompagnent.

OBS

Description des nuages. [...] Genre : altocumulus. Espèces : floccus, stratiformis, lenticularis, castellanus. Variétés : radiatus, opacus, translucidus, perlucidus, undulatus, lacunosus, duplicatus. Formes : virga, mamma. Générateurs : cumulogenitus, cumulonimbogenitus.

Key term(s)
  • alto-cumulus castellanus
  • alto cumulus castellanus

Spanish

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