Cirrocumulus floccus

Cirrocumulus floccus
Cirrocumulus floccus
	Cirrocumulus floccus clouds
Abbreviation	Cc flo
Symbol
Genus	Cirro- (curl); -cumulus (heaped)
Species	floccus (lock of wool)
Altitude	Above 6,000 m; (Above 20,000 ft)
Classification	Family A (High-level)
Appearance	small tufts
Precipitation	Occasionally virga

Cirrocumulus floccus is a type of cirrocumulus cloud. The name cirrocumulus floccus is derived from Latin, meaning "a lock of wool".^[1] 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.^[2] Like cirrocumulus castellanus, cirrocumulus floccus is an indicator of atmospheric instability at the level of the cloud.^[3] In fact, cirrocumulus floccus can form from cirrocumulus castellanus, being the evolutionary state after the base of the original cloud has dissipated.^[4]

References

^ Numen - The Latin Lexicon. "Definition of floccus". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ Dunlop, Storm (2003). The weather identification flipbook (1st Lyons Press ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press. p. 66. ISBN 1-58574-857-9.
^ Callanan, Martin. "Cirrocumulus floccus". International Cloud Atlas. nephology.eu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
^ American Meteorological Society. "floccus". Glossary of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

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International Cloud Atlas – Cirrocumulus floccus Archived 2020-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Numen - The Latin Lexicon. "Definition of floccus". Retrieved 13 July 2011.

[2] Dunlop, Storm (2003). The weather identification flipbook (1st Lyons Press ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press. p. 66. ISBN 1-58574-857-9.

[3] Callanan, Martin. "Cirrocumulus floccus". International Cloud Atlas. nephology.eu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

[4] American Meteorological Society. "floccus". Glossary of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 31 December 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

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v t e Cirrocumulus cloud (Cc) types
Species	Cirrocumulus castellanus (Cc cas) Cirrocumulus floccus (Cc flo) Cirrocumulus lenticularis (Cc len) Cirrocumulus stratiformis (Cc str)
Varieties	Cirrocumulus lacunosus (Cc la) Cirrocumulus undulatus (Cc un)
Variants	Cirrocumulus mamma Cirrocumulus virga

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