Stratocumulus



A stratocumulus cloud, occasionally called a cumulostratus, belongs to a genus-type of clouds characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumulus, and the whole being at a lower height, usually below 2,000 metres.

The cloud genus formerly called Cumulostratus was renamed Stratocumulus in 1840 by Ludwig Friedrich Kämtz with the consent of Luke Howard and included in the internationally valid cloud classification