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Strange cloud formation

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  • 07-07-2016 8:08pm
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    bogwalrus
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    Took these around 4pm in macroom, cork. Any idea of the name of this sort of cloud formation?


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Cirrocumulous by the looks of them. Not that rare or strange.


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    sryanbruen
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    Yeah they're Cirrocumulus ^

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    Bongalongherb
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    Never saw those type of clouds before, they look unusually fragmented. Good pics.


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    bogwalrus
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    My pics do not do them justice. Very sharp edges and similar pattern. I imagine it has to do with heat from sun shaping the molecules similar to the way rock formations like giants causeway are formed. Maybe.


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    Akrasia
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    I didn't see them myself, but my 90 year old grandmother said to me today that she saw very unusual clouds today, and she pointed at a rattan vase and said it looked like that


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    Meteorite58
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    bogwalrus wrote: »
    Took these around 4pm in macroom, cork. Any idea of the name of this sort of cloud formation?


    Noted myself the fine array of Cirrus yesterday here in Kerry. I suppose all the more noticeable and pleasing after the grey weather of late. What stood out for me here were banks of Floccus and Uncinus . I think the cloud in bogwalrus pics could possibly be classified as Cirrus Intortus.

    I enjoy Cirrus and often watch out for iridescence and halo's. Cirrus can often herald approaching bad weather too.

    The pic below is an example of a halo ( 22° halo ) i took recently one morning in a thin layer if Cirrostratus .


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    RobertKK
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    Cloud NSFW.

    Cloud happened in Miami, Florida - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sublime-miami-cloud-penis-embodies-our-hopes-and-dreams-nsfw_us_5783b0ade4b0c590f7ea1de6


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    Oneiric 3
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    bogwalrus wrote: »
    Took these around 4pm in macroom, cork. Any idea of the name of this sort of cloud formation?

    Nice shots. Those clouds are a very rare form of Cirrocumulus (Cc) clouds known as 'Cirrocumulus lacunosus' (Cc la) and usually indicates that a sheet of Cc is gradually dissipating.

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