© Martin Gudd

Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Latitude: 49° 50' 39'' N

Longitude: 7° 50' 32'' E

14 November 2015 0909 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards SE

Image P/S code: P.3.5

Image I.D.: 5755

C_L = 0, C_M = 0, C_H = 7

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  Cirrostratus fibratus undulatus

  A veil of Cirrostratus covers the sky. The fibrous appearance identifies the species fibratus. In the centre of the picture and to the upper right, the veil shows undulations; this is the variety undulatus.

  Contrails at 1 and 2 are visible.

  A series of warm fronts were approaching rapidly from the west. Rain set in later in the evening. 

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  © Martin Gudd
  Bad Kreuznach, Germany
  Latitude: 49° 50' 39'' N
  Longitude: 7° 50' 32'' E
  14 November 2015 0909 (Local Time)
  
  
  Camera direction: towards SE
  C_L = 0, C_M = 0, C_H = 7
  Image P/S code: P.3.5
  Image I.D.: 5755
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  A cold front followed by an occluded front were responsible for overnight unsettled weather in Germany. The weather cleared in the early morning and this chart shows a short clearance behind a cold front in the morning hours. Over the Atlantic, a new low (ex-Tropical Storm Kate) with a very pronounced warm front is seen rapidly approaching from the west.

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  The sounding from 40 km to the west-south-west shows high moisture content from 632 hPa to the tropopause at 195 hPa.

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  The satellite picture shows high-level cloud that developed as a series of troughs passed over western Germany.  

  © EUMETSAT, 2015