Cirrus uncinus cloud
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Cirrus uncinus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus uncinus is Latin for "curly hooks". Commonly called "mare's tail", this cloud species is very thin and generally sparse in the sky.
Cirrus uncinus cloud
Cirrus uncinus clouds over Salinas Victoria, Nuevo León, Mexico
Cirrus uncinus clouds in the morning sky over Nandli, Himachal Pradesh, India
Precipitation
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In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rai
Cirrus uncinus cloud
…58 to −40 °F). They are generally seen when a warm or occluded front is approaching. They are very high in the troposphere and generally mean that precipitation, usually rain, is approaching. List of cloud types…
A thunderstorm with heavy rain shower
Late-summer rainstorm in Denmark
Lenticular cloud forming due to mountains over Wyoming
Puddle in the rain