Cirrocumulus floccus

Cirrocumulus floccus
Abbreviation	Cc flo
Symbol
Genus	Cirro- (curl of hair) -cumulus (heaped)
Species	floccus (flaked or puffy)
Altitude	Above 6,000 m (Above 20,000 ft)
Classification	Family A (High-level)
Appearance	small tufts
Precipitation cloud?	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 handbook (1st Lyons Press ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press. p. 66. ISBN 1-58574-857-9. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
↑ Callanan, Martin. "Cirrocumulus floccus". International Cloud Atlas. nephology.eu. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
↑ American Meteorological Society. "floccus". Glossary of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 July 2011.

External links

International Cloud Atlas – Cirrocumulus floccus

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

Cloud genera and selected species, supplementary features, and other airborne hydrometeors - WMO Latin terminology except where indicated

Extreme-level	Polar mesospheric cirriform type Noctilucent

Very high-level	Polar stratospheric cirriform type Nacreous

High-level	Tropospheric cirriform, stratiform, and stratocumuliform genera Cirrus (Ci) Cirrostratus (Cs) Cirrocumulus (Cc) General type (non-WMO terminology) Aviaticus cloud (Contrail)

Medium-level	Tropospheric stratiform and stratocumuliform genera Altostratus (As) Altocumulus (Ac) Stratocumuliform species Altocumulus castellanus (Ac cas)

Low-level	Tropospheric stratiform, stratocumuliform and cumuliform genera Stratus (St) Stratocumulus (Sc) Cumulus (Cu) Stratiform and cumuliform species Fractus Cumulus humilis (Cu hum) Stratocumulus variants (non-WMO terminology) Actinoform cloud Undulatus asperatus

Moderate vertical	Tropospheric stratiform and cumuliform genera Nimbostratus (Ns) Cumulus (Cu) Cumuliform species Cumulus mediocris (Cu med) Cumuliform supplementary features Cumulus Pileus Cumulus Arcus (Roll)

Towering vertical	Tropospheric cumulonimbiform genus Cumulonimbus (Cb) Cumuliform species Cumulus congestus (ICAO term Towering cumulus [Tcu]) Cumuliform and cumulonimbiform supplementary features mamma Tuba (Funnel cloud) Pileus Arcus (Shelf) Cumuliform and cumulonimbiform variants (non-WMO terminology) Wall cloud Pyrocumulus Pyrocumulonimbus Cumulonimbus Overshooting top Hot tower

Surface based	General type Fog

Non-height specific	General types Accessory cloud Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud

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Cirrocumulus floccus

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