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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The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
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...