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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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The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...