cirrostratus meaning

Noun: cirrostratus (cirrostrati)  `sirow'streytus

1. A thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude
   - cirrostratus cloud

Derived forms: cirrostrati

Type of: cloud

Encyclopedia: Cirrostratus

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1. He added three combined terms : cirrocumulus, cirrostratus and cumulostratus.
2. The tiny prisms of ice in a cirrostratus layer can bend the sun's light.
3. Contrail-bred cirrostratus are the biggest worry, because they cover the largest area of sky.
4. There are higher altitude, whispy clouds there that are cirrus or maybe cirrostratus ( depending on altitude ).
5. If you see them in thin, high layers that turn the sky solid white, they're cirrostratus clouds.