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mackerel sky An area of sky with a formation of rounded and isolated cirrocumulus resembling the pattern of scales on the back of a mackerel (G435). The phrase is sometimes applied to similar patterns in altocumulus clouds (G434). See Quick clouds in the Cloud Atlas G452

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