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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Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...