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 jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.