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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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...