2021年1月12日 · It appears as a rippling type pattern in the sky and it can look like fish scales in the sky. This is caused by moisture in the mid levels that get trapped between dry air at the …

2024年3月5日 · A mackerel sky is a type of cloud formation that resembles the scales of a mackerel fish. It’s made up of rows of small, white or grey clouds, often arranged in a …

2019年2月3日 · The mare’s tails are wispy cirrus clouds while the mackerel scales are small clumpy altocumulus clouds resembling fish scales in the sky. In the days of large sailing ships, …

2018年12月14日 · Wind and gravity come into play to create the rippled pattern in the thin cloud layer. It’s referred to as a mackerel sky because it resembles the scale pattern of a mackerel …

2018年8月14日 · When you see a combination of mare's tales, which are wispy, curly and feather-like clouds or cirrus clouds combined with patches of clouds that look like fish scales – …

2023年5月3日 · A mackerel sky describes rows of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds that have an undulating, rippling pattern reminiscent of fish scales.

From below, these clouds may look like fish scales. The saying "mackerel sky mackerel sky, not long wet, not long dry" describes them and the changeable weather that follows. Altostratus. …

2017年1月17日 · A cirrocumulus mackerel sky is made up of wispier, patchier higher clouds (see picture below). There are no thick lines and the clouds appear translucent. These clouds can …

2020年12月28日 · Together, wispy cirrus clouds resembling horse tails and patchy cirrocumulus signal that a rain storm is on its way. But scientists are interested in other messages these …

2021年7月27日 · 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 sky" is a fairly common term for that …