Editing Stratocumulus cloud (section)

== Opacity-based varieties ==
'''Stratocumulus Opacus''' is a dark layer of clouds covering entire sky without any break. However, the cloud sheet is not completely uniform, so that separate cloud bases still can be seen. This is the main precipitating type, however any rain is usually light. If the cloud layer becomes grayer to the point when individual clouds cannot be distinguished, stratocumulus turn into [[stratus cloud]]s.

'''Stratocumulus Perlucidus''' is a layer of stratocumulus clouds with small spaces, appearing in irregular pattern, through which clear sky or higher clouds can be seen.

'''Stratocumulus Translucidus''' consist of separate groups of stratocumulus clouds, with a clear sky (or higher clouds) visible between them. No precipitation in most cases.<ref name="Varieties">{{cite book |editor=World Meteorological Organization |title=Varieties, International Cloud Atlas |year=1975 |url=http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_407_en-v1.pdf |pages=20–22 |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>