A more accurate description might have been, "This cloud layer is in a condition between what we refer to as cirrocumulus and the one we call cirrus.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
A few cirrocumulus continued to pass over towards east. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
Towards afternoon, cirrocumulus and cirrostratus began to appear moving northward. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
Towards morning there were a few cirrocumulus clouds passing over north-east to south-west, but these disappeared before daylight. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
So antecedently the box of basinal, the, and the cirrocumulus, i am abuzz to fitzgerald ventrally gelatinousness, sun, and miniature. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
So when he writes, "This cloud layer appears to be making the transition from cirrocumulus to cirrus," it's a bit anthropomorphizing a weather pattern. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Clouds covered in the text include three kinds that are usually seen high up (three to four miles) in the atmosphere: cirrus, cirrostratus and cirrocumulus. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
A few cirrocumulus clouds were coming up from the east when we started, but we left them behind, and nothing was visible during the night but a thin hazy veil. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
Night alternately clear and cloudy; cirrocumulus and cumulostratus moving northwards; no wind; beautifully mild for the time of year; in the morning some heavy clouds on the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
We had scarcely turned in half an hour when it began to rain, some heavy clouds having come up from the eastward in place of the layer of small cirrocumulus that before ornamented the greater portion of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
Night calm; sky during first part overcast with cirrocumulus clouds, most of which cleared away towards morning, leaving the air much colder; but the sky remained more or less hazy all night, and it was not nearly as cold as last night. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
17.5 degrees (Reaumur), with a light breeze from south and a few small cirrocumulus clouds towards the north. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
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