part of has member composed primarily of object aggregate liquid water raindrop water droplet stratocumulus cloud Sc envoAtmo Haufenschichtwolke Stratocumulus-Wolke A cloud which 1) has been shaped into non-fibrous tessellations, rounded masses, or rolls, 2) is primarily composed of water droplets, and may contain raindrops or, more rarely, snow pellets, snow crystals and snowflakes, 3) is located in the low level of the atmosphere (low étage). Add more PATO qualities once they have been added to PATO. When present in aggregates, individual stratocumulus clouds are organised in patches, sheets or layers. Most of the regularly arranged small elements in this cloud type often have an apparent width of more than five degrees. When well-illuminated by sunlight (excluding during sunrise and sunset) stratocumulus clouds appear grey or whitish, or both grey and whitish in colour. The cloud almost always has dark parts. Fibrous structural elements may emerge when virga is formed. Stratocumulus can have weak falls of rain, snow or snow pellets. Stratocumulus may also be shaped into structural elements which are similar to but do not exactly resemble the ones noted in the definition. envoCloudAtlas water-based cloud mass of liquid graupel low atmospheric level snow crystal