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.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
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...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...