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Effect of high altitude wind shear on cloudlet formation?
editAtmospheric dynamics and wind patterns also contribute to the formation of the distinct cloudlet structure. The cirrocumulus cloudlets are often aligned with the prevailing wind direction and are regularly spaced due to the vertical wind shear present in the upper atmosphere. This shear causes variations in wind speed and direction at different altitudes, leading to the development of separate cloudlets rather than a continuous cloud formation.
Does anyone have a good citation for this effect that we could add to the article? I thought it was pretty interesting if true.
Image
editThat sure doesn't look like cirrocumulus; looks like altocumulus. There's be a better image out there. The box dimensions need to be adjusted of the info is showing up. My wikiskills and time aren't up to that yet. Tmangray 22:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed infobox (parse altitude data to "new" fields, add other infobox data). Dddstone 23:19, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
The heights of the cloud base deviate from governmental sources
editAs stated in the Canadian MANOBS, cirrus type cloud base heights start at 20000. The article has said 16000 which I have tried to edit. The feature image in this article also looks like it could be altocumulus although a high height altocumulus and low height cirrocumulus look similar for obvious reasons.
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-manuals-documentation/manobs-surface-observations.html 142.177.186.143 (talk) 10:10, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Height
editThe Altitude in the intro text and info box are not consisten. 109.250.37.70 (talk) 09:07, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- The problem is that cirrocumulus clouds can be as low as 10 000 feet in the arctic, to as high as 40,000 feet, which is quite a large range. I had editted the info box to reflect the sort of clouds that people tend to see in the populated areas of the world (it might drop below 20 000 in winter but not often). 142.177.186.21 (talk) 12:59, 26 August 2024 (UTC)