Cloud
visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere
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Category:Clouds.
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Cloud Classification edit
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Special cloud types, formations and optical effects edit
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Thunderhead
Unidentified or not otherwise sorted clouds edit
See Category:Unidentified clouds
Specials edit
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Wolken in Sebnitz - Sachsen - Germany - Panoramaaufnahme -
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Clouds from airplane edit
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Clouds, as viewed from a plane, flying from Pittsburgh to New York La Guardia. -
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Over Florida heading west.
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Clouds from space edit
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Thunderstorms over Brazil, seen from space shuttle Challenger in 1984 -
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See also: Category:Satellite photos
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Snowfall
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Clouds over Radolne Lake in Kashubia, Poland -
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Above the stratocumulus looking at multi-layers of clouds -
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Cloud wall associated with fast moving cold front
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Clouds arrange itself coincidentally to extend the trail -
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Cloud effects
Weather symbols — Wetterzustand edit
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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=0 | No low clouds existing. | Keine tiefe (bzw. CL-)Wolken vorhanden. |  | |
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Cumulus humilis and / or Cumulus fractus existing. No bad weather clouds. | Cumulus humilis und/oder Cumulus fractus vorhanden. Keine Schlechtwetterwolken. |  |
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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. |  |
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Cumulonimbus calvus; Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus possible. | Cumulonimbus calvus, evtl. auch Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Stratus |  |
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Stratocumulus cumulogenitus sind Stratocumulus-Wolken, die aus Cumuluswolken entstanden sind. | ||
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Stratocumulus, der jedoch keine Mutterwolke hat (das heißt nicht aus Cumuli entstanden ist). | ||
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Stratus nebulosus und/oder Stratus fractus. Keine Schlechtwetterwolken. | ||
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Stratus fractus oder Cumulus fractus und/oder Cumulus pannus, meist unterhalb von Altocumlulus, Nimbostratus oder Cumulonimbus. Schlechtwetterwolken. | ||
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Cumulus und Stratocumulus (nicht cugen) mit Untergrenzen in verschiedenen Höhen. | ||
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Cumulonimbus capillatus, evtl. mit Cumulonimbus calvus, Cumulus, Stratocumulus oder Stratus. |  | |
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Altostratus opacus oder Nimbostratus. | ||
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Altocumulus translucidus auf gleicher Höhe. |  | |
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Altocumulus (lenticularis) translucidus auf verschiedenen Höhen. | ||
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Altocumulus (stratiformis) perlucidus / translucidus radiatus (undulatus) oder opacus |  | |
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Altocumulus cumulogenitus oder Altocumulus cumulonimbogenitus |  | |
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Altocumulus (duplicatus) opacus / translucidus, evtl. mit Altostratus oder Nimbostratus | ||
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Altocumulus castellanus oder Altocumulus floccus | ||
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Chaotischer Himmel mit Altocumulus in verschiedenen Höhen | ||
| CH-Clouds — CH-Wolken | ||||
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Vor allem Cirrus fibratus und evtl. Cirrus uncinus |  | |
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Cirrus spissatus, castellanus oder floccus, nicht cumulonimbogenitus |  | |
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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. | ||
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Dichter werdende Cirrus uncinus und / oder fibratus. |  | |
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Cirrostratus und evtl. Cirrus (radiatus) unter 45° und dichter werdend. | ||
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Cirrostratus und evtl. Cirrus (radiatus) über 45° und dichter werdend | ||
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Cirrostratus, den ganzen Himmel bedeckend, evtl. mit Cirrus und Cirrocumulus | ||
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Cirrostratus, nicht den ganzen Himmel bedeckend, evtl. mit Cirrus und Cirrocumulus |  | |
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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 Stratus on weather charts.
Sky cover — Bewölkung edit
See also category: Cloud cover.
Synoptic — Synoptik edit
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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
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Clouds in art edit
See also: Clouds in art, Category:Clouds in art
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Andrea Mantegna: St. Sebastian, detail, ~1470 -
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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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