Definition of stratocumulus in English:
stratocumulus
noun ˌstratə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləsˌstrɑːtə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləsˌstreɪtə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləs
mass nounCloud forming a low layer of clumped or broken grey masses.
Example sentencesExamples
- Data was collected from aircraft flying through from cumulus clouds off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 2002, and from stratocumulus clouds near Monterey, Calif., in 2003.
- If this is so, any cumulus which does form during the daytime will quickly stop growing and spread into a layer of stratocumulus and then disperse when night comes.
- They tested their model by comparing its predictions with measurements from field projects devoted to characterizing marine stratocumulus clouds.
- In summer, Arctic Ocean packice cover is incomplete and heavily puddled, which maintains a constant layer of stratus and stratocumulus cloud cover.
- It is characterized by a sky covered by a layer of stratus or stratocumulus which tends to persist because of the weak atmospheric circulation.
- Out over the Adriatic the overcast thickened to 10/10 and stratocumulus clouds reared up to 15,000 feet.
- In case of overcast sky, the stratocumulus cloud type is assumed.
- The stratocumulus cloud breaks up and the sun comes back.
Rhymes
altocumulus, cirrocumulus, cumulus, tumulus