mackerel sky
noun
: a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
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On a recent, unseasonably warm winter day, with a mackerel sky hanging over the property, Stan and Tina Ledgerwood talked about what brought them back to the farm.
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
This is certainly true of another of his award-winning shots, which shows a racehorse silhouetted against a stunning mackerel sky.
—Ben Church, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
This is certainly true of another of his award-winning shots, which shows a racehorse silhouetted against a stunning mackerel sky.
—Ben Church, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
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“Mackerel sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mackerel%20sky. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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