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• A synoptic scale cloud pattern with a characteristic comma-like shape, often seen on satellite photographs associated with large and intense low-pressure systems.

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  Comma Cloud. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved June 8, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/comma-cloud.

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  Comma Cloud. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/comma-cloud (accessed: June 8, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Comma Cloud." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 8 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/comma-cloud.

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