© Hernàn Palmisciano
Caballito, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latitude: 34° 37' 7'' S
Longitude: 58° 25' 43'' W
01 November 2014 1733 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards NW
Image P/S code: S.7.11
Image I.D.: 5486
CL = 5, CM = /, CH = /

The sky is completely covered by a grey layer of cloud with some lighter parts, which is common with Stratocumulus stratiformis. The layer is thick enough that the Sun would not be visible, hence it is of the variety opacus. The cloud base exhibits undulations, indicating an additional variety: undulatus. The undulations are sufficiently exaggerated that they could possibly be classified as the supplementary feature asperitas
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The long rolls (variety undulatus) in this extensive layer (species stratiformis) of Stratocumulus appear to be converging toward a point near the horizon (variety radiatus). Blue sky is visible directly above in very small gaps between the rolls (variety perlucidus). These small gaps also reveal the position of the Sun, but the rolls are sufficiently thick to mask it (variety opacus).
The small, scattered, greyer clouds are Cumulus fractus. They have ragged edges and most have slightly rounded tops. One of these clouds displays the supplementary feature fluctus (a curl or breaking wave) on its upper rear edge.
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