Altocumulus clouds occur in a few different types, not just these balls of fluff. Fir0002/Wikimedia Commons. 4. Altocumulus. ... Volutus. It's hard to miss volutus clouds.

A volutus, or roll cloud, photographed in Szprotawa, Poland. This type of cloud was just added as a new species in the 2017 International Cloud Atlas. (Image credit: WMO International Cloud Atlas ...

Altocumulus clouds act as a visual cue for a changing weather pattern. These are the types of clouds that appear ahead of a strong cold front and are a common sight. They indicate the presence of ...

The standout inclusion in this year’s revision is volutus, an entirely new ‘species’ that sees the ... cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus ...

But the pièce de résistance is the single new species: the volutus. Long, round, and rotating, in motion they look a bit like cloud hot dogs roasting on a spit. Only prettier.

Altocumulus clouds are in the “middle-cloud” family and typically exist anywhere from 6,000 to 20,000 feet off the ground. Because they exist fairly close to Earth’s surface, they are ...

“These are what we call altocumulus volutus – that’s the Latin name,” Christie Johnson, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, explained to Channel 9.

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A volutus, or roll cloud, photographed in Szprotawa, Poland. This type of cloud was just added as a new species in the 2017 International Cloud Atlas. (Image credit: WMO International Cloud Atlas ...