Cirrus intortus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus intortus is derived from Latin, meaning "twisted, wound".[2] The variety of intortus clouds is specific to cirrus clouds, and they appear as interwound strands of cirrus clouds with a purely random pattern.[3] The filaments are often curved in a very irregular pattern.[4]

Like other cirrus clouds, cirrus intortus occur at high altitudes.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Wolken Online. "Cirrus". Cloud Atlas. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Numen - The Latin Lexicon. "Definition of intortus". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Dunlop, Storm (2003). The weather identification handbook (1st Lyons Press ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press. p. 58. ISBN 1-58574-857-9.
  4. ↑ Callanan, Martin. "Cirrus intortus". International Cloud Atlas. nephology.eu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  5. ↑ The Weather Observer. "Cirrus intortus (Ci in)". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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