How to pronounce“cirrostratus”in English
They're normally seen during a thunderstorm, along thunder and lightning.
These four basic cloud shapes — combined with how high they are in the sky — create the most common clouds. Like this cirrostratus clouds — which exist
above 7,000 meters. They're kind of like thin sheets that spread across the sky. These clouds are interesting because they tend to be useful to do weather forecasting in the sense that they can tell
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A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena.
“[page 99] Cirro-stratus. […] Horizontal or slightly inclined masses, attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated, separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters. […] [page 103] The cirro-stratus precedes wind and rain, the near or distant approach of which may sometimes be estimated from its greater or less abundance and permanence.”
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