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Stratocumulus castellanus cloud
Mid-level cloud that indicates unstable air From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stratocumulus castellanus or Stratocumulus castellatus[1] is a type of stratocumulus cloud. Castellanus is derived from Latin, meaning 'of a castle.' Clouds of this type appear as cumuliform turrets vertically rising from a common horizontal cloud base. These turrets are taller than they are wide.[2]
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The presence of stratocumulus castellanus clouds indicates an increasingly unstable atmosphere,[3] and seeing this type of cloud in the morning usually means that there is a possibility of thunderstorms forming later in the afternoon.[4] In the right conditions, these clouds can grow into cumulus congestus clouds and, sometimes, into cumulonimbus clouds.[5]
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