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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Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.