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Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia

Latitude: 37° 41' 24'' S

Longitude: 144° 56' 51'' E

25 June 2005 0935 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards N

Image P/S code: P.8.4

Image I.D.: 5877

C_L = 6, C_M = /, C_H = /

Stratus translucidus
Stratus is generally a grey layer of cloud with a fairly uniform base, which may give drizzle, snow or snow grains. In this image, fog is lifting into quite large patches of Stratus, in which the characteristic grey colour of the cloud can be seen. The Stratus is sufficiently thin throughout to reveal the position of the Sun with its distinct outline, which identifies the cloud variety as translucidus.
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© Michael Bruhn
Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia
Latitude: 37° 41' 24'' S
Longitude: 144° 56' 51'' E
25 June 2005 0935 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards N
C_L = 6, C_M = /, C_H = /
Image P/S code: P.8.4
Image I.D.: 5877
The pressure analysis from 0000 UTC shows an anticyclone of 1 035 hPa centred over Tasmania, Australia. The location of the image (shown by a red arrow) is close to the centre of this high pressure cell.
© Commonwealth of Australia 2005, Bureau of Meteorology
On the nearby Melbourne Airport, Victoria, Australia (WMO 94866) sounding, we see the remnants of a shallow radiation inversion, beneath which fog formed and is seen lifting into Stratus patches in the photograph.
© University of Wyoming

Stratus translucidus