cloud takes the form of thin cirrostratus nebulosus. The cloud has a fibrous texture with no halos if it is thicker cirrostratus fibratus. On the approach...
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Cirrus cloud (section Cirrostratus)
There are two other high-level cirrus-like clouds called cirrostratus and cirrocumulus. Cirrostratus looks like a sheet of cloud, whereas cirrocumulus looks...
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List of cloud types (section Genus cirrostratus)
associated with cirrostratus. Genitus mother clouds Cirrostratus cirrocumulogenitus Cirrostratus cumulonimbogenitus Mutatus mother clouds Cirrostratus cirromutatus...
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Cirrostratus nebulosus is a type of high-level cirrostratus cloud. The name cirrostratus nebulosus is derived from Latin, the adjective nebulosus meaning...
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Altostratus cloud (section Cirrostratus)
and cirrostratus, all of which are given the prefix "cirro-". High-level clouds usually form above 6,100 m (20,000 ft). Cirrocumulus and cirrostratus are...
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Stratus cloud (section Cirrostratus clouds)
visible through transparent cirrostratus, in contrast to altostratus which tends to be opaque or translucent. Cirrostratus come in two species, fibratus...
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Cirrostratus fibratus or also called Cirrostratus filosus is a type of cirrostratus cloud. The name cirrostratus fibratus is derived from Latin, meaning...
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high-level cirrostratus comprises two species. Cirrostratus nebulosus has a rather diffuse appearance lacking in structural detail. Cirrostratus fibratus...
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of high-altitude tropospheric clouds, the other two being cirrus and cirrostratus. They usually occur at an altitude of 5 to 12 km (16,000 to 39,000 ft)...
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ice halos, 22° halos appear when the sky is covered by thin cirrus or cirrostratus clouds that often come a few days before a large storm front. However...
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described as homomutatus, and may resemble cirrus, cirrocumulus, or cirrostratus, and are sometimes called cirrus aviaticus. Some persistent spreading...
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moonlight by hexagonal-plate-shaped ice crystals in cirrus clouds or cirrostratus clouds. They typically appear as a pair of faint patches of light, at...
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stratiform cloud is cirrostratus which is composed of ice crystals that often produce halo effects around the sun. Cirrostratus forms at altitudes of...
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crystals responsible for halos are typically suspended in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds in the upper troposphere (5–10 km (3.1–6.2 mi)), but in cold weather...
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suspended in the atmosphere or that comprise high-altitude clouds (e.g. cirrostratus or cirrus clouds). If the light comes from the Sun (usually when it is...
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approaching warm front tend to be mostly high cirrus at first, changing to cirrostratus as the front approaches. However, if cirrocumulus also appears, there...
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fact that the three genera of high clouds, Cirrus, Cirrocumulus and Cirrostratus, form at the top of the troposphere, far from the earth surface, they...
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plate-shaped hexagonal ice crystals either suspended in high and cold cirrus or cirrostratus clouds, or drifting in freezing moist air at low levels as diamond dust...
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conditions. Showers, then clearing Clouds* Often preceded by cirrus, cirrostratus then altostratus like a warm front (but usually with smaller amounts...
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but could precede a storm. Cumulus humilis are sometimes seen beneath cirrostratus clouds, which block some of the heat from the sun and thus create an...
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cloud deck is indicative of rain in the near future. At night, high thin cirrostratus clouds can lead to halos around the Moon, which indicate the approach...
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upper level cumulus and stratus, yielding the names cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. In addition to these individual cloud types; Howard adds two names to...
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(elliptic function), one of Jacobi's elliptic functions Carbon steel Cirrostratus cloud Citizen science Compressed sensing, a signal processing technique...
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sub-types Type I clouds have a generally stratiform appearance resembling cirrostratus or haze. They are sometimes sub-classified according to their chemical...
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horizon. Cirrus radiatus is often partly made up of cirrocumulus or cirrostratus. Latin Dictionary. "Definition of: radiatus". Archived from the original...
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crystals suspended in the atmosphere, typically in actual cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. In its full form, the arc has the appearance of a large, brightly...
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troposphere have the prefix cirro- added to their names yielding the genera cirrostratus and cirrocumulus. Similar clouds found in the middle level (altitude...
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(thickening) Cirrus / Cirrostratus (low in sky) 6 Stratus or Fractostratus (fair) Altocumulus (from Cumulus) Cirrus / Cirrostratus (hi in sky) 7 Fractocumulus...
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the stratus family of clouds (fog, stratus clouds, altostratus clouds, cirrostratus clouds, nimbostratus clouds) and the precipitation coming from them....
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thunderheads or gusty winds. They are also often seen underneath the cirrostratus and altostratus sheets that often precede a warm front, as these higher...
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