 | 1895 - 470 pages
...of dark clouds, without shape, and with ragged edge, 8. CUMULUS (Cu.) WOOLPACK CLOUDS. Thick clouds, of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances, while the base is horizontal. 9. CUMULO-NIMBUS (Cu.-N.). THE THUNDER-CLOUD; SHOWERCLOUD. Heavy masses of cloud, rising in the form... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 318 pages
...be descrilwd as Fractonimbus (" Scud " of sailors). 8. CUMULUS (Cu.). WOOL-PACE CLODDS. Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances while the base it horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always... | |
 | 1895 - 398 pages
...of dark clouds, without shape, and with ragged edge, 8. CUMULUS (Cu.) WOOLPACK CLOUDS. Thick clouds, of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances, while the lose is horizontal. 9. CUMULO-NIMBUS (Cu.-N.). THE THUNDER-CLOUD; SHOWERCLOUD. Heavy masses of cloud,... | |
 | Sir John Eliot - 1900 - 334 pages
...described as Fracto-nimbus. ("Scud" of sailors.) 8. Cumulus (Cu.) (Wool-pack Clouds). — Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits...diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is opposite the Sun, the surfaces usually presented to the observer have... | |
 | José Algué - 1904 - 414 pages
...fracto- nimbus (Fr.-X.), uscud" of sailors. (8) Cumulus (Cu.) — Wool pack clouds. — Thick clouds of which the upper surface is domeshaped and exhibits...diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is opposite the sun the surfaces usually presented to the observer have... | |
 | Henry Taylor - 1904 - 412 pages
...described as Fracto-Nimbus (Fr.-N.), "scud" of sailors. 8. Cumulus (Cu.), Woolpack Clouds — Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits...diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is opposite the sun, the surfaces usually presented to the observer have... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1906 - 670 pages
...Fracto-Nimbue (Fr.-N. ), the "scud " of sailors. 8. CUMULUS, (Ou.). — Wool-pack clouds; thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances, while the base is horizontal. When these clouds are opposite the sun the surfaces usually presented to the observer have a greater... | |
 | Herbert B. Mason - 1908 - 752 pages
...described as Fractonimbus (the " scud " of sailors). Cumulus (Си.).— -Wool - pack clouds. Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped, and exhibits...diurnal ascensional movement, which is almost always observable. When the cloud is opposite to the sun the surfaces usually presented to the observer have... | |
 | Austin Melvin Knight - 1910 - 956 pages
...Fracto-nimbus (Fr.-N.), " Scud " of sailors. 8. Cumulus (Cu.). — Wool-pack clouds. — Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits...diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is opposite the sun, the surfaces usually presented to the observer have... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain), William Marriott - 1911 - 86 pages
...Fracto Nimbus (Fr.•Nb.). [" Scud " of sailors.] 8. CUMULUS (Cu.). WOOL•PACK CLOUDS. Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome•shaped and exhibits...by a diurnal ascensional movement which is almost noticeable. When the cloud is opposite the sun, the surfaces facing the observer have a greater brilliance... | |
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Woolpack Clouds — Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances, while the base is horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is... 
