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What is Cirrostratus?

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky white, fibrous or vein-like.

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Glossary

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....