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Pileus

(Section 2.2.2.5.1)

An accessory cloud of small horizontal extent, in the form of a cap or hood above the top or attached to the upper part of a cumuliform cloud that often penetrates it. Several pileus may fairly often be observed in superposition.

Occurs principally with Cumulus and Cumulonimbus.

P.10.12

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