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cirrocumulus cloud
A high-altitude cloud made of small white ripples or grains arranged in regular patterns. Popularly called うろこ雲 (scale clouds) or さば雲 (mackerel clouds), and associated with a 'mackerel sky'.
空に巻積雲が浮かぶ。
Cirrocumulus clouds float in the sky.
巻積雲が出ると天気が変わりやすい。
When cirrocumulus clouds appear, the weather tends to change.
秋の空に広がる巻積雲は、まるで魚のうろこのようだった。
The cirrocumulus clouds spreading across the autumn sky looked just like fish scales.
A high cloud of the 巻雲 (cirrus) family, made of tiny white masses. Forming far higher than 高積雲, it is a classic sign of autumn skies and approaching weather change.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- うろこ雲: scale clouds — everyday nickname for 巻積雲
- さば雲: mackerel clouds — another common nickname
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 高積雲: altocumulus — similar ripples but lower and coarser
- 巻雲: cirrus — wispy high clouds of the same family