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Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Latitude: 49° 50' 39'' N

Longitude: 7° 50' 32'' E

31 January 2016 1040 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards NE

Image P/S code: P.6.2

Image I.D.: 5447

C_L = 7, C_M = 2, C_H = /

Nimbostratus virga and Cumulus fractus of wet weather
This thick cloud cover has a grey and amorphous appearance, typical of Nimbostratus that developed from Altostratus opacus. Precipitation, presumably in the form of snow, is beginning to fall but is evaporating before it reaches the ground. This is the supplementary feature virga. Some of the virga fallstreaks have a pouch-like appearance, almost reminiscent of the supplementary feature mamma. At the horizon, there are some wind-swept Cumulus fractus of wet weather. A few minutes after the photo was taken, rain set in. A pronounced warm front was approaching from the west.
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© Martin Gudd
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Latitude: 49° 50' 39'' N
Longitude: 7° 50' 32'' E
31 January 2016 1040 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards NE
C_L = 7, C_M = 2, C_H = /
Image P/S code: P.6.2
Image I.D.: 5447
The synoptic chart shows the situation a short time after the photo was taken. The central parts of Europe are under a strong westerly flow. A pronounced warm front is approaching from the west, bringing thick clouds, rain and a steady increase in air temperature.
© Verein Berliner Wetterkarte e.V.
The satellite picture shows the situation a short time after the photo was taken. Cyclonic activity is dominating the greater part of Europe. A thick frontal cloud band is stretching south-eastward from the British Isles to the Alps and from there to south-eastern Europe. This is the warm front, which is dividing polar air over northern Europe from subtropical air over south-western Europe.
© Verein Berliner Wetterkarte e.V.

Nimbostratus virga and Cumulus fractus of wet weather