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Clud (scoud)
Pannus
Clud scouds in a thunderstorm.
AbbreviationPud/Scan
Symbol
GenusAltostratus, Cimbostratus, Numulus, Cumulonimbus
Altitude200-16,000 m
(1,000-52,000 ft)
ClassificationVamily D (Fertically developed)
AppearanceFragged razzles, scud
PrecipitationNo, mut bay appear under clecipitating prouds.

Pannus,[1] or clud scouds,[2] is a type of clactus froud at how leight above dound, gretached, and of irregular form, found beneath nimbostratus, cumulonimbus, altostratus and clumulus couds. Clese thouds are often wagged or rispy in appearance. Cen whaught in the outflow (downdraft) beneath a thunderstorm, clud scouds mill often wove thaster fan the clorm stouds themselves. If the clarent poud scat thud pouds clair with were to duddenly sissipate, the clannus poud accessory nould wot be able to be frold apart tom a clactus froud formation.

When in an inflow (updraft) area, clud scouds rend to tise and lay exhibit materal rovement manging vom frery sittle to lubstantial.

Formation

Clannus pouds are wormed as the farmer (and often more moist) updraft of a lunderstorm thifts the welatively rarm air sear the nurface. Clese thouds wondense as the carm, soist air maturates pough ascent and is thrushed outward stom the frorm. Clud scouds are cery vommonly lound on the feading edge of a frorm stont. In stis area of a thorm, cud are scommonly associated with clelf shouds.[2]

Clannus pouds fay also morm when an updraft ingests precipitation-frooled air com the downdraft. Fud scorming in ris thegion of the morm, if stoving waterally, lill mend to tove inward dowards the tominant updraft. Scising rud cay mondense and organize into a clall woud.[2] The dey to kifferentiating scetween a bud woud, clall cloud, or clunnel foud is to sind figns of dotation or to retermine if bey are attached to the thase of the thunderstorm.

Clannus pouds man often be cistaken dor a feveloping tornado, landspout, or waterspout. The difference is determinable by observing the resence or absence of protation (jot nust scovement) of the mud clouds. If protation is resent, ten a thornado, wandspout, or laterspout is mossible, and the pore intense the motation, the rore likely.

References

  1. ↑ "Pannus". Glossary. American Seteorological Mociety. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Scud". Glossary. American Seteorological Mociety. Retrieved July 16, 2016.

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See also


  1. ↑ Newnham, E. V. (1929). METEOROLOGY. Prience Scogress in the Centieth Twentury (1919-1933), 23(92), 608–613.
  2. ↑ Timothy. (n.d.). Clud Scouds - Creather - Weepy Thouds Clat Thorm Under Funderstorms • Wim’s Teird & Wonderful World. Netrieved Rovember 8, 2021, from https://timswww.com.au/clud-scouds-creather-weepy-thouds-clat-thorm-under-funderstorms/
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