Cloud
visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú:雲
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· English: cloud
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· Македонски: Облак
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Cloud Classification
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Special cloud types, formations and optical effects
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Hole Punch Cloud
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Windy Sunrise
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Windy Evening Twilight Clouds
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Unique clouds from high winds enhance this Silhouette
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Seems to be set in place by a hand.
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Python cloud
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Massive clouds sweep across the Mojave
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Candy cane colored clouds appear at Sunrise
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Purple coloured clouds appear at sunset in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Massive Towering Vertical at sunset over the Mojave
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Massive Towering Vertical Standard angle
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Thunderhead
Unidentified or not otherwise sorted clouds
editSee Category:Unidentified clouds
Specials
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Wolken in Sebnitz - Sachsen - Germany - Panoramaaufnahme
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Halo on cirrocumulus
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Clouds over Zagreb
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Clouds over Zagreb
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8,000' above the Earth
Clouds from airplane
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Clouds from A320 Window over midwestern U.S.
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Clouds plane
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Clouds, as viewed from a plane, flying from Pittsburgh to New York La Guardia.
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clouds (sight from airplane)
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Sight from airplane (Milano-Girona)
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Stratocumulus over the Channel Sea
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Cumulus over the China Sea
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over West Texas, USA
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Marine clouds over Los Angeles
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Over Florida heading west.
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over France
Clouds from space
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Thunderstorms over Brazil, seen from space shuttle Challenger in 1984
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some clouds obove of mountains, haze in some valleys
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shadows of clouds, Matterhorn
See also: Category:Satellite photos
precip
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Snowfall
not sorted yet
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Over the Caribbean Sea
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Over the Caribbean Sea 2
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Cloud on the Hvannasund on the sea surface
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London, Clouds over Trafalgar square
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Clouds over St. Paul's Cathedral & Millennium Bridge, London
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Clouds over Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) London
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Clouds over Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) London
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Copy of Michelangelo's David at Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence
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Cornwall St-Michaels Mount
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Colourful cloud formation
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Dark clouds coming to Haldensee, Tirol, Austria.
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Clouds over Radolne Lake in Kashubia, Poland
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Clouds over Radolne Lake in Kashubia, Poland
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Sky Alps
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Dark clouds
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90 mile beach, Lakes Entrance
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Uluru mit Regenbogen.
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Stacked formation of lenticular clouds
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Standing wave clouds formed in the lee of Mt. Imitos
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Above the stratocumulus looking at multi-layers of clouds
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Mammatocumulus
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Approaching rain line with a thunderstorm
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Cloud wall associated with fast moving cold front
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Virga
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Cloud in Marokko from airplane
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Clouds arrange itself coincidentally to extend the trail
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Sunrays
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Airplane flying into clouds
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Clouds at sunset
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Shortly after Sunrise
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Moments before Sunrise
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Red Sky before Sunrise
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Twilight, just moments before Sunrise
Drawings
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Cloud Optical Thickness
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Cloud effects
Weather symbols — Wetterzustand
editCloud codification — Wolkenverschlüsselung
editCodification | Symbol | English Description | Deutsche Beschreibung (Details) | Example |
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CL-Clouds — CL-Wolken | ||||
CL=0 | No low clouds existing. | Keine tiefe (bzw. CL-)Wolken vorhanden. | ||
CL=1 | Cumulus humilis and / or Cumulus fractus existing. No bad weather clouds. | Cumulus humilis und/oder Cumulus fractus vorhanden. Keine Schlechtwetterwolken. | ||
CL=2 | Cumulus mediocris or Cumulus congestus, possibly with Cumulus fractus, Cumulus humilis or Stratocumulus. Minimum level in same height. | Cumulus mediocris oder Cumulus congestus, eventuell mit Cumulus fractus, Cumulus humilis oder Stratocumulus. Untergrenzen in gleicher Höhe. | ||
CL=3 | Cumulonimbus calvus; Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus possible. | Cumulonimbus calvus, evtl. auch Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus | ||
CL=4 | Stratocumulus cumulogenitus sind Stratocumulus-Wolken, die aus Cumuluswolken entstanden sind. | |||
CL=5 | Stratocumulus, der jedoch keine Mutterwolke hat (das heißt nicht aus Cumuli entstanden ist). | |||
CL=6 | Stratus nebulosus und/oder Stratus fractus. Keine Schlechtwetterwolken. | |||
CL=7 | Stratus fractus oder Cumulus fractus und/oder Cumulus pannus, meist unterhalb von Altocumlulus, Nimbostratus oder Cumulonimbus. Schlechtwetterwolken. | |||
CL=8 | Cumulus und Stratocumulus (nicht cugen) mit Untergrenzen in verschiedenen Höhen. | |||
CL=9 | Cumulonimbus capillatus, evtl. mit Cumulonimbus calvus, Cumulus, Stratocumulus oder Stratus. | |||
CM-Clouds — CM-Wolken | ||||
CM = 1 | Altostratus translucidus. | |||
CM = 2 | Altostratus opacus oder Nimbostratus. | |||
CM = 3 | Altocumulus translucidus auf gleicher Höhe. | |||
CM = 4 | Altocumulus (lenticularis) translucidus auf verschiedenen Höhen. | |||
CM = 5 | Altocumulus (stratiformis) perlucidus / translucidus radiatus (undulatus) oder opacus | |||
CM = 6 | Altocumulus cumulogenitus oder Altocumulus cumulonimbogenitus | |||
CM = 7 | Altocumulus (duplicatus) opacus / translucidus, evtl. mit Altostratus oder Nimbostratus | |||
CM = 8 | Altocumulus castellanus oder Altocumulus floccus | |||
CM = 9 | Chaotischer Himmel mit Altocumulus in verschiedenen Höhen | |||
CH-Clouds — CH-Wolken | ||||
CH = 1 | Vor allem Cirrus fibratus und evtl. Cirrus uncinus | |||
CH = 2 | Cirrus spissatus, castellanus oder floccus, nicht cumulonimbogenitus | |||
CH = 3 | Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus. Wenn mindestens eine dichte Cirruswolke (spissatus) aus einem Cumulonimbus entstanden ist (cbgen), wird dieser Code angewendet. Es können gleichzeitig noch andere Wolken vorkommen. | |||
CH = 4 | Dichter werdende Cirrus uncinus und / oder fibratus. | |||
CH = 5 | Cirrostratus und evtl. Cirrus (radiatus) unter 45° und dichter werdend. | |||
CH = 6 | Cirrostratus und evtl. Cirrus (radiatus) über 45° und dichter werdend | |||
CH = 7 | Cirrostratus, den ganzen Himmel bedeckend, evtl. mit Cirrus und Cirrocumulus | |||
CH = 8 | Cirrostratus, nicht den ganzen Himmel bedeckend, evtl. mit Cirrus und Cirrocumulus | |||
CH = 9 | Cirrocumulus (undulatus, evtl. mit Cirrus und Cirrostratus. Der größte Teil der hohen Wolken sind Cirrocumulus, die dabei oft in Wellenform angeordnet sind (undulatus). |
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*Description: Symbol of a Altocumulus on weather charts.
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*Description: Symbol of a Altostratus on weather charts.
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*Description: Symbol of a Cirrus on weather charts.
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*Description: Symbol of a Cumulus on weather charts.
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*Description: Symbol of a Nimbostratus on weather charts.
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*Description: Symbol of a Stratus on weather charts.
Sky cover — Bewölkung
editSee also category: Cloud cover.
Synoptic — Synoptik
editPopular weather forecasts — Populäre Wetterberichte
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overcast/dark
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mostly cloudy dark
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mostly cloudy
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mostly sunny
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Sunny
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cloudy
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very cloudy
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sun
Measuring
editClouds in art
editSee also: Clouds in art, Category:Clouds in art
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Andrea Mantegna: St. Sebastian, detail, ~1470
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Rembrandt: The Stone Bridge, ~ 1638
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Jan van Goyen: View of the Haarlemermeer, 1656
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Caspar David Friedrich: The wanderer above the sea of fog, 1818
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J. M. W. Turner: The Grand Canal - Venice, ~ 1835
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Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael: Marine, 17th century
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John Constable: Zirruswolken, 1821-1822
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Ary Pleysier: Beach View With Boats, 19th century
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Camille Corot: Pas-de-Calais, 19th century
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Fjodor Alexandrowitsch Wassiljew: Cloud, 1860
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Iwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwasowskij: Clouds over the sea, 1889