- These clouds hugging a mountain top are winter orographic clouds
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- Winds aloft are blowing away and to the right here. A thin sheet of soft Altocumulus with little detail lies above a thick low cloud bank hugging the mountain top. These winter orographic Stratocumulus clouds are smooth and likely composed of several merged “slices” within the bent flow up the slope. The higher cloud is shading the lower one on its right side.
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