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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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A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...