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Ac compared with Sc

(Section 2.3.4.6.4)

Altocumulus is distinguished from Stratocumulus by: 

  • Most of the regularly arranged elements having, when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon, an apparent width between 1 and 5°
  • Absence of any precipitation; Stratocumulus can have weak falls of rain, snow or snow pellets

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