S'COOL Cloud Chart: Stratus

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Stratus

 Thick (opaque) stratus clouds over central Michigan. This is an overcast cloud field, but there is some evidence of a transition to stratocumulus and partial clearing in the distance. This and the following two images were taken on the same day in the same place, and illustrate the variability of cloud fields, even locally. Photo by the class of Margaret Holtschlag.
Thick Stratus clouds over central Michigan

Stratus

 Thick (opaque) stratus clouds over central Michigan. This is an overcast cloud field, with few features. Definitely stratus. Photo by the class of Margaret Holtschlag.
Thick Stratus clouds over central Michigan

Stratus

 Some cellular structure is evident, but this is mostly a featureless, overcast stratus cloud. Photo by the class of Margaret Holtschlag.
Overcast stratus clouds

Stratus

 This photo was taken in Maze, France on April 23, 1998.
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