Cloud altocumulus cloud has been given the Latin name "asperitas". The supplementary feature "cavum" is a circular fall-streak hole that occasionally forms in a thin layer of supercooled altocumulus or cirrocumulus. Fall streaks consisting of virga or wisps of cirrus are usually seen beneath the hole as ice crystals fall out to a lower altitude. This type of hole is usually larger than typical lacunosus holes. A "murus" feature is a cumulonimbus wall cloud with a lowering, rotating cloud base than can lead to the development of tornadoes. A "cauda" feature is a tail cloud that extends horizontally away from the
Ordinary Thunderstorms Ordinary Thunderstorms Ordinary Thunderstorms is a novel by William Boyd. It explores the dark side of London's underworld and the international pharmaceutical industry. Adam Kindred is a recently divorced climatologist who has moved back to England. After attending an interview for a Senior Research Fellowship position at Imperial College, London, he goes into an Italian restaurant in Chelsea and briefly encounters Dr Philip Wang, who accidentally leaves a file behind. Adam takes it to Wang's hotel, only to discover that Wang has been murdered and still has the knife in his body. Before Wang dies, he asks Adam to remove