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Cirrocumulus floccus

Type of cloud

Summary

Type of cloud

Field	Value
name	Cirrocumulus floccus
image location	Cc floccus un (28112021).jpg
image name	Cirrocumulus floccus clouds
abbreviation	Cc flo
symbol	Clouds CH 9.svg
genus	Cirro- (curl)
-cumulus (heaped)
species	floccus (lock of wool)
altitude_m	Above 6,000
altitude_ft	Above 20,000
level	high
appearance	small tufts
precipitation	Occasionally virga

-cumulus (heaped) Cirrocumulus floccus is a type of cirrocumulus cloud. The name cirrocumulus floccus is derived from Latin, meaning "a lock of wool". Cirrocumulus floccus appears as small tufts of cloud with rounded heads, but ragged bottoms. The cloud can produce virga, precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Like cirrocumulus castellanus, cirrocumulus floccus is an indicator of atmospheric instability at the level of the cloud. In fact, cirrocumulus floccus can form from cirrocumulus castellanus, being the evolutionary state after the base of the original cloud has dissipated.

References

Numen - The Latin Lexicon. "Definition of floccus".
Dunlop, Storm. (2003). "The weather identification flipbook". Lyons Press.
Callanan, Martin. "Cirrocumulus floccus". nephology.eu.
American Meteorological Society. "floccus". Glossary of Meteorology.

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