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cirrostratus cloud

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Noun1.cirrostratus cloud - a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude
cirrostratus
cloud - a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
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They are often seen in this country, usually as high cirrus and cirrostratus clouds are increasing from the west in advance of Atlantic frontal systems.
Somewhere UNDER the rainbow.. by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Divided into sections devoted to low, middle, and high clouds, this field guide to the sky includes such details as that cumulonimbus clouds are ferocious storm producers, that altocumulus lenticularis clouds look like UFOs, and that cirrostratus clouds have a tendency for form halos.
The Cloudspotter's Guide by Science News
 
 
 
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