Fractus

This article covers one type of cloud. For the similarly titled film and the resulting music project see Fraktus .

Clouds : classification
Genera Cirrus Ci Cirrocumulus Cc Cirrostratus Cs Altocumulus Ac Altostratus As Stratocumulus Sc Stratus St. Cumulus Cu Nimbostratus Ns Cumulonimbus Cb	species calvus cal capillatus cap castellanus cas congestus con fibratus fib floccus flo fractus fra humilis hum lenticularis len mediocris med nebulosus neb spissatus spi stratiformis st uncinus unc volutus vol	Subspecies duplicatus you intortus in lacunosus la opacus op perlucidus pe radiatus ra translucidus tr undulatus un vertebratus ve Special forms arcus arc asperitas asp cauda cau cavum cav fluctus flu flumen flm incus inc mamma mam murus mur pannus pan pileus pil praecipitatio pra tuba tub velum vel virga vir

Fractus (abbreviated fra ; Latin for "broken") denotes irregular, torn-looking clouds of the genus Cumulus or Stratus . As a bad weather cloud , this species usually occurs under Altostratus or Nimbostratus , see the coding of the C _L clouds .

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Commons : Fractus  - collection of images, videos and audio files