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 names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...