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== Species == '''Stratocumulus Stratiformis''' are extensive flat but slightly lumpy sheets that show only minimal convective activity. '''Stratocumulus Lenticularis''' are separate flat elongated seed-shaped clouds. They are typical for polar countries or warmer climate during winter seasons. They also can be formed by winds passing hills or mountains, such as [[Foehn wind]]s, and in this case they can be very regularly shaped. '''Stratocumulus Castellanus''' have stronger convective activity due to the presence of increasingly unstable air. They are distinct from other stratocumulus by puffy tower-like formations atop the cloud layer.<ref name="Species">{{cite book|editor=World Meteorological Organization|editor-link=World Meteorological Organization|title=Species, International Cloud Atlas|volume=I|year=1975|url=https://archive.org/details/manualonobservat00worl/page/17|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manualonobservat00worl/page/17 17β20]|isbn=92-63-10407-7|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> They look like [[cumulus congestus]], but can be easily confused: "towers" of cumulus congestus grow above separate clouds, whereas in the case of stratocumulus castellanus, there is always a more or less defined layer of clouds. Stratocumulus castellanus may develop into cumulus congestus (and even further into [[cumulonimbus]]) under auspicious conditions. Any showers from stratocumulus castellanus are not usually as heavy as those from cumulus congestus.<gallery> File:Flat Stratocumulus Cloud.jpg|Stratocumulus stratiformis File:Stratocumulus lenticularis 2.jpg|Stratocumulus lenticularis File:Stratocumulus castellanus 3oct.jpg|Stratocumulus castellanus </gallery>
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