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Fujiwara, Minakami, Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Latitude: 36° 46' 59'' N

Longitude: 139° 2' 38'' E

05 May 2015 1029 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards ENE

Image P/S code: S.3.18

Image I.D.: 5836

C_L = 2, C_M = 7, C_H = 8

Passing frontal zone – Cirrostratus and Cirrus fibratus
An extensive, mostly high-level frontal band is clearing to the north-east. The band was up to 1 000 km wide and over 2 000 km from north to south. The tail edge of the band is made up of Cirrostratus fibratus, Cirrus spissatus, Cirrus fibratus, Altostratus translucidus, Altocumulus and Cumulus mediocris.
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© Yoshiaki Sato
Fujiwara, Minakami, Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Latitude: 36° 46' 59'' N
Longitude: 139° 2' 38'' E
05 May 2015 1029 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards ENE
C_L = 2, C_M = 7, C_H = 8
Image P/S code: S.3.18
Image I.D.: 5836
The sounding is from 115 km to the south-south-east and was taken under the cloud band. It shows a very high moisture content above 5 200 m.
© University of Wyoming
Cirrostratus fibratus undulatus with 22° halo
The double layer of Cirrostratus is identified by the alignment of fibratus striations. In the lower layer, the fibratus is aligned north-east to south-west; the higher layer is at a right angle to the lower layer; that is, south-east to north-west.
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© Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer, near Reading, Berkshire RG7, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Latitude: 51° 22' 12'' N
Longitude: 1° 2' 24'' W
02 December 2009 1011 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards SE
C_L = 0, C_M = 0, C_H = 8
Image P/S code: P.3.2
Image I.D.: 5491

Passing frontal zone – Cirrostratus and Cirrus fibratus

Cirrostratus fibratus undulatus with 22° halo