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Old May 16th 04, 09:45 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Bjørn Sørheim Bjørn Sørheim is offline
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Default What's the name of this cloud?


Well, to my defence I have to say I was first going to say that
it was a Cumulus in front of a more distant Cumulonimbus.
I thought it was something weird about it...
I guess they don't fly in formation for a long time like that
even in Holland or Belgium?

Bjørn Sørheim

"Ben Lankamp" wrote:

Hello,


Actually it's a plain cumulus cloud with a very thin Sc cloud above it
|(I've seen dozens of those today myself), which creates the anvil look. The
cumulus cloud has a vertical height of no more than 50-100 metres, and is
located just underneith the inversion (located around 2km). Today the
weather in The Netherlands was totally stable and temperatures were around
20°C.


Ben.


" Bjørn Sørheim " schreef in bericht
...

That's a Cumulonimbus cloud with an anvil top.
Look out for thunder, lightning - and torrential rain!
Your temperatures today must be much higher than our lousy 10C.

Bjørn Sørheim




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