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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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Glossary

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...