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 large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
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 cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.