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Cloud Classification[edit]
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Special cloud types, formations and optical effects[edit]
Hole Punch Cloud
Windy Sunrise
Windy Evening Twilight Clouds
Unique clouds from high winds enhance this Silhouette
Seems to be set in place by a hand.
Python cloud
Massive clouds sweep across the Mojave
Candy cane colored clouds appear at Sunrise
Unidentified or not otherwise sorted clouds[edit]
See Category:Unidentified clouds
Specials[edit]
Wolken in Sebnitz - Sachsen - Germany - Panoramaaufnahme
Halo on cirrocumulus
Clouds over Zagreb
Clouds over Zagreb
8,000' above the Earth
Clouds from airplane[edit]
Clouds from A320 Window over midwestern U.S.
Clouds plane
Clouds, as viewed from a plane, flying from Pittsburgh to New York La Guardia.
clouds (sight from airplane)
Sight from airplane (Milano-Girona)
Stratocumulus over the Channel Sea
Cumulus over the China Sea
over West Texas, USA
Marine clouds over Los Angeles
Over Florida heading west.
Clouds from space[edit]
Thunderstorms over Brazil, seen from space shuttle Challenger in 1984
See also: Category:Satellite photos
precip[edit]
Snowfall
not sorted yet[edit]
Over the Caribbean Sea
Over the Caribbean Sea 2
Cloud on the Hvannasund on the sea surface
London, Clouds over Trafalgar square
Clouds over St. Paul's Cathedral & Millennium Bridge, London
Clouds over Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) London
Clouds over Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) London
Copy of Michelangelo's David at Piazzale Michelangelo, Florence
Cornwall St-Michaels Mount
Colourful cloud formation
Dark clouds coming to Haldensee, Tirol, Austria.
Clouds over Radolne Lake in Kashubia, Poland
Clouds over Radolne Lake in Kashubia, Poland
Sky Alps
Dark clouds
90 mile beach, Lakes Entrance
Uluru mit Regenbogen.
Stacked formation of lenticular clouds
Standing wave clouds formed in the lee of Mt. Imitos
Above the stratocumulus looking at multi-layers of clouds
Mammatocumulus
Approaching rain line with a thunderstorm
Cloud wall associated with fast moving cold front
Virga
Cloud in Marokko from airplane
Clouds arrange itself coincidentally to extend the trail
Sunrays
Airplane flying into clouds
Clouds at sunset
Shortly after Sunrise
Moments before Sunrise
Red Sky before Sunrise
Twilight, just moments before Sunrise
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Drawings[edit]
Cloud Optical Thickness
Cloud effects
Weather symbols — Wetterzustand[edit]
| Symbol | SYNOP-Code | English description | Deutsche Beschreibung |
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00 | Cloud development not observed or not observable during past hour (not plotted) | Wolkenentwicklung während der letzten Stunde nicht beobachtet oder nicht beobachtbar |
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01 | Clouds generally dissolving or becoming less developed during past hour (not plotted) | Wolkenauflösung oder -rückentwicklung während der letzten Stunde |
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02 | Sky cover on the whole unchanged during past hour (not plotted) | gleichbleibende Bewölkung während der letzten Stunde |
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03 | Clouds generally forming or developing during past hour (not plotted) | zunehmende Bewölkung während der letzten Stunde |
Cloud codification — Wolkenverschlüsselung[edit]
| Codification | 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 |  |
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| 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). | ||
- Description: Symbol of a Altocumulus on weather charts.
- Description: Symbol of a Altostratus on weather charts.
- Description: Symbol of a Cirrus on weather charts.
- Description: Symbol of a Cumulus on weather charts.
- Description: Symbol of a Nimbostratus on weather charts.
- Description: Symbol of a Stratus on weather charts.
Sky cover — Bewölkung[edit]
See also category: Cloud cover.
Synoptic — Synoptik[edit]
| Symbol | Codification | English description | Deutsche Beschreibung | Example |
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0/8 | cloudless | wolkenlos | |
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1/8 | sunny | sonnig | |
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2/8 | scattered clouds | heiter | |
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3/8 | lightly cloudly | leicht bewölkt | |
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4/8 | partly cloudly | wolkig | |
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5/8 | cloudly | bewölkt | |
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6/8 | mostly cloudly | stark bewölkt | |
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7/8 | nearly overcast | fast bedeckt | |
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8/8 | overcast | bedeckt | |
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9/8 | sky obscured | Himmel nicht erkennbar |
Popular weather forecasts — Populäre Wetterberichte[edit]
overcast/dark
mostly cloudy dark
mostly cloudy
mostly sunny
Sunny
cloudy
very cloudy
sun
Measuring[edit]
Clouds in art[edit]
See also: Clouds in art, Category:Clouds in art
Andrea Mantegna: St. Sebastian, detail, ~1470
Rembrandt: The Stone Bridge, ~ 1638
Jan van Goyen: View of the Haarlemermeer, 1656
Caspar David Friedrich: The wanderer above the sea of fog, 1818
J. M. W. Turner: The Grand Canal - Venice, ~ 1835
Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael: Marine, 17th century
John Constable: Zirruswolken, 1821-1822
Ary Pleysier: Beach View With Boats, 19th century
Camille Corot: Pas-de-Calais, 19th century
Fjodor Alexandrowitsch Wassiljew: Cloud, 1860
Iwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwasowskij: Clouds over the sea, 1889
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