If the clouds are very high and thin (cirrus), they will appear whitish and less oppressive. Cirrus uncinus, cirrus fibratus, and the lovely cirrus fibratus radiatus can seem less like clouds and ...

If the clouds are very high and thin (cirrus), they will appear whitish and less oppressive. Cirrus uncinus, cirrus fibratus and the lovely cirrus fibratus radiatus can seem less like clouds and ...

These are the most common type of cirrus cloud Cirrus uncinus - With its trademark hook shape, cirrus uncinus is famous for looking like a horse's tail. These wispy streaks of cirrus cannot be ...

And yes, they are a little more rare than the usual cumulus and stratus clouds. These are “cirrus uncinus” clouds (seer’-us uhn-sigh’-nus), Latin for “curly hooks. They are produced at a ...

While not quite the same, a unique type of this cloud is called cirrus uncinus, meaning curly hooks in Latin. This cloud type ...