Editing Stratocumulus cloud (section)

== Mother clouds ==
'''Stratocumulus Cumulomutatus''' the specific type of stratocumulus clouds, are flat and elongated. They form in the evening, when updrafts caused by convection decrease making  [[cumulus cloud]]s lose vertical development and spread horizontally. They also can occur under [[altostratus cloud]] preceding a warm or occluded front, when cumulus usually lose vertical development as the sun's heat decreases. Like all other forms of stratocumulus apart from castellanus, they are also often found in [[anticyclones]].

'''Stratocumulus Cumulogenitus''' out of [[cumulus cloud|cumulus]] or [[cumulonimbus]] clouds, disrupted by decreasing convection. During formation period, puffy tops of cumulus clouds can protrude from stratocumulus cumulogenitus for a relatively long time until they completely spread in horizontal direction. Stratocumulus cumulogenitus appear as lengthy sheet or as group of separate elongated cloud rolls or waves.