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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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A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...