people grew to read the sky and make a forecast based on cloud types. Altocumulus clouds like this were known not by their Latin name, but colloquially as mackerel skies. To cite some famous ...

Cirrocumulus clouds look like many small tufts of cotton, rippled sand or even the scales of a fish (hence the term “mackerel sky”). Middle clouds: Altostratus, altocumulus and nimbostratus ...

The old sailor's mnemonic for these kinds of clouds is "Mares tails and mackerel scales, tall ships carry short sails." Another is "Mackerel sky, storm is nigh," because if you see altocumulus ...

Weather officials say different types of clouds can tell you what kind of weather to expect. Here's a look at the different ...

Mid-level clouds are usually gray and are identified as either altocumulus ... the sky. Stratocumulus clouds are patchy, gray and white, and usually resemble a honeycomb. No matter what shape ...

Have you ever looked up at a pattern of clouds dotting the sky and noticed that occasionally, they look like the scales of a fish? "Mackerel ... Cirrocumulus and altocumulus clouds tend to form ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Several KATU viewers sent us photos of clouds that looked like jellyfish slowly moving across the sky this morning. These clouds are called altocumulus floccus clouds.

According to WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth, these clouds that resemble jellyfish are patchy altocumulus clouds ... atmosphere," Wilmoth explains. The shape comes when there is a disturbance ...