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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A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
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A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
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