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Layered cumulus consisting of large balls or rolls of dark cloud which often cover the whole sky especially in winter, give at times an undulated appearance, and do not bring rain.

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  • Up ahead, the tips of the Transantarctics pierced the stratocumulus.
  • My current area of study is aerosol impacts on stratocumulus microphysics.
  • Warming since 1975 is caused by loss of oceanic low level stratocumulus cloud.
  • Fantastic clouds, however I think they are regular old fashion stratocumulus clouds.
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