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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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...