These cirrus plumes may be warmer than the underlying anvil cloud due to the mixing of air from the warmer stratosphere. Termed above-anvil cirrus plumes (AACP), the emergence of such features on satellite imagery have been associated with severe weather events.
These cirrus plumes might be warmer than the underlying anvil cloud because of the mixing of air from the warmer stratosphere. The term for these features, above-anvil cirrus plumes (AACP), has been associated with severe weather events in satellite imagery.