Cirrus intortus cloud explained
| Cirrus intortus |
| Image Location: | File:Cirrus fibratus intortus über Limburg II.jpg |
| Abbreviation: | Ci in |
| Symbol: | Clouds H1.svg |
| Genus: | Cirrus (curl) |
| Variety: | intortus (contorted) |
| Altitude M: | Above 5,000 |
| Altitude Ft: | Above 16,500 |
| Level: | high |
| Appearance: | tangled, interlaced[1] |
| Precipitation: | No |
Cirrus intortus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus intortus is derived from Latin, meaning "twisted, wound".[2] The variety of intortus clouds is specific to cirrus clouds, and they appear as interwound strands of cirrus clouds with a purely random pattern.[3] The filaments are often curved in a very irregular pattern.[4]
Like other cirrus clouds, cirrus intortus occur at high altitudes.[5]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Cirrus . Cloud Atlas . 13 July 2011 . Wolken Online . 3 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403032913/https://www.clouds-online.com/cloud_atlas/cirrus/cirrus.htm . dead .
- Web site: Definition of intortus . 13 July 2011 . Numen - The Latin Lexicon.
- Book: Dunlop, Storm . The weather identification handbook . 2003 . Lyons Press . Guilford, Conn. . 1-58574-857-9 . 58 . 1st Lyons Press.
- Web site: Callanan . Martin . Cirrus intortus . International Cloud Atlas . nephology.eu . 13 July 2011 . 30 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230003830/http://nephology.eu/cirrus/cirrus-intortus . dead .
- Web site: Cirrus intortus (Ci in) . 13 July 2011 . The Weather Observer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327014354/http://www.theweatherobserver.com/?p=71 . 27 March 2012 .
