Cirrocumulus clouds. Sky filled with small delicate cloudlets of the cirrocumulus type, to form a \Mackerel Sky\". The illumination of the Sun behind

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Cirrocumulus clouds. Sky filled with small delicate cloudlets of the cirrocumulus type, to form a \Mackerel Sky\". The illumination of the Sun behind the clouds can be seen. Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitude (5,000-6,000 metres height and above) and are composed largely of ice crystals. They may form in lines, groups or ripples. The presence of cirrocumulus clouds indicates the approach of a frontal system and changing weather."

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Keywords: cirrocumulus, climate, cloud, clouds, mackerel, meteorology, sky, type, types, weather