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.
Glossary
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
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