No altocumulus cloud anywhere in Earth's real atmosphere would be caught dead above 20,000 feet. |
There would be isolated altocumulus castellanus cloud with the tops at 16 000 feet, giving 2 to 5 sm visibility in light rain showers and mist. |
The clouds and weather forecast within 60 nm of the warm front included altocumulus clouds as well as mixed conditions of visibilities as low as? mile in light snow, light ice pellets and light freezing rain. |
Convection generally produces cumuliform clouds but may produce stratocumulus and altocumulus. |
The forecast for the district included severe, clear icing in the cumulonimbus clouds and moderate, mixed icing in the altocumulus and towering cumulus. |
The cirrocumulus formation is basically the same cloud as the stratocumulus and altocumulus but at higher altitude. |