How To Use cirrostratus In A Sentence
- High-altitude cirrus, cirrostratus and middle-altitude altostratus clouds are found well in advance of the front. Air masses and frontal transitional zones
- Weather Phenomenon Prior to the Passing of the Front Contact with the Front After the Passing of the Front Temperature Cool Warming suddenly Warmer then leveling off Atmospheric Pressure Decreasing steadily Leveling off Slight rise followed by a decrease Winds South to southeast Variable South to southwest Precipitation Showers, snow, sleet or drizzle Light drizzle None Clouds Cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus, nimbostratus, and then stratus Stratus, sometimes cumulonimbus Clearing with scattered stratus, sometimes scattered cumulonimbus Air masses and frontal transitional zones
- Along the gently sloping warm front, the lifting of moist air produces first nimbostratus clouds followed by altostratus and cirrostratus. Mid-latitude cyclone
- Weather Phenomenon Prior to the Passing of the Front Contact with the Front After the Passing of the Front Temperature Cool Warming suddenly Warmer then leveling off Atmospheric Pressure Decreasing steadily Leveling off Slight rise followed by a decrease Winds South to southeast Variable South to southwest Precipitation Showers, snow, sleet or drizzle Light drizzle None Clouds Cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus, nimbostratus, and then stratus Stratus, sometimes cumulonimbus Clearing with scattered stratus, sometimes scattered cumulonimbus Air masses and frontal transitional zones
- Cirri and cirrostratus clouds have been very prevalent during the day, and cumulostratus during the night. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
- Where enough light shows through cirrostratus clouds to create shadows, it does not with altostratus.
- The cloud most suited to halo formation is cirrostratus, which is most commonly observed well ahead of a developing frontal system.
- High-altitude cirrus, cirrostratus and middle-altitude altostratus clouds are found well in advance of the front. Air masses and frontal transitional zones
- Only at the highest levels—up to 45,000 feet—do we find the ice-crystal clouds cirrus ("like white locks of hair"), cirrocumulus ("like grains of rice") and cirrostratus ("a light, milky whitening of the blue"). Cirrus Concerns
- After sunrise, cirrostratus clouds began to pass over from west to east, gradually becoming more dense, and assuming the form of cumulostratus. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
