Cirrus castellanus cloud

{{Short description|Type of cloud}} {{Infobox Cloud |name=Cirrus castellanus |image location=Cirrus castellanus.jpg |image name= |abbreviation=Ci cas |symbol=Clouds H1.svg |genus=Cirrus (''curl'') |species=castellanus (''castle'') |variety= |altitude_m=Above 6,000 |altitude_ft=Above 20,000 | level = high |appearance=A series of dense lumps, or "towers" of cirrus, connected by a thinner base. |precipitation=No}} '''Cirrus castellanus''' or '''cirrus castellatus'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/appendix-3-history-of-cloud-nomenclature.html#cirrus|title = Appendix 3 - History of cloud nomenclature}}</ref> is a species of cirrus cloud. Its name comes from the word ''castellanus'', which means ''of a fort'', ''of a castle'' in Latin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of castellanus |url=http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=1002184 |accessdate=11 September 2011 |author=Numen - The Latin Lexicon}}</ref> Like all cirrus, this species occurs at high altitudes. It appears as separate turrets rising from a lower-level cloud base. Often these cloud turrets form in lines, and they can be taller than they are wide.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dunlop |first=Storm |title=The weather identification handbook |year=2003 |publisher=Lyons Press |location=Guilford, Conn. |isbn=1-58574-857-9 |pages=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR2ft4G5TgQC&q=cirrus+castellanus&pg=PA56 |edition=1st Lyons Press |accessdate=11 September 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This cloud species is usually dense in formation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Callanan |first=Martin |title=Cirrus castellanus |url=http://nephology.eu/cirrus/cirrus-castellanus |work=International Cloud Atlas |publisher=nephology.eu |accessdate=11 September 2011 |archive-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121184221/http://nephology.eu/cirrus/cirrus-castellanus |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also== *List of cloud types

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==External links== *[http://nephology.eu/cirrus/cirrus-castellanus International Cloud Atlas - Cirrus fibratus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121184221/http://nephology.eu/cirrus/cirrus-castellanus |date=2016-01-21 }}

Castellanus cloud