It is a fairly uncommon phenomenon, most often observed inaltocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular clouds and cirrus clouds.
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The presence ofaltocumulusundulatus may indicate precipitation within the next 20 hours or simply an overcast day.
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Extensivealtocumulusformations, particularly if they take the form of undulatus are often referred to asaltocumulusmackerel sky.
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This often does not apply when stratocumulus is of a broken, fractus form, when it may appear as small asaltocumulus.
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Altocumulusis also commonly found between the warm and cold fronts in a depression, although this is often hidden by lower clouds.
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Cirrocumulus is distinguished fromaltocumulusin several ways, although the two stratocumuliform genus types can occasionally occur together with no clear demarcation between them.
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Cirrocumulus generally occur at higher altitudes thanaltocumulus, and thus the cloudlets appear smaller as they are more distant from observation at ground level.
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An example of this would be an opaque layer ofaltocumulusstratiformis arranged in seemingly converging rows.
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There may be another rare type ofaltocumulus,altocumulusundulatus asperatus, but this has not been officially named yet.
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All three are associated with the stratiformis species ofaltocumulusand stratocumulus.
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In addition, the prevalence ofaltocumuluscastellanus clouds was an indicator for additional severe weather later in the day.
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Altocumulusclouds can form via convection or via the forced uplift caused by a warm front.
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The best-known is cumulonimbus with mammatus, but the mamma feature is also seen occasionally with cirrus, cirrocumulus,altocumulus, altostratus, and stratocumulus.
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These include middle-tage layers of "altocumulus" and "altostratus" as well as low "stratocumulus", and "stratus".
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In the middle tage are the alto clouds, which consist of the limiited-convective cumuliform or stratocumuliform cloudaltocumulusand the stratiform cloud altostratus.
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