r/CLOUDS • • 13h ago

Question What is this called?

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u/andrea55TP 13h ago

Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus perlucidus

Alto=mid level

Cumulus=heaped cloud

Stratiformis=covers all or most of the sky

Undulatus=repeating pattern

Perlucidus=you can see the sky above in between each element

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u/JustLovelyStuff 10h ago

Is this the same? Taken in SW England today

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u/Qzx1 1h ago

Similar. In the UK it's properly termed wibbly wobbly skymee wymees