cirrostratus cloud

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cirrostratus cloud [¦sir·ō′strad·əs ¦klau̇d]

(meteorology)

A principal cloud type, appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and often produces halo phenomena, either partial or complete. Abbreviated Cs.

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No references found			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			Circus Arena circut ciré cire perdue Cirebon Cirencester CIRIA Ciril Kosmac Ciro Alegria Ciro Alegría Ciro Menotti Cirolanidae Cirphis Loreyi Cirque Cirque Glacier cirque lake Cirratulidae Cirrhosis Cirrhosis of the Liver cirriform Cirripedia cirrocumulus cirrocumulus cloud Cirromorpha cirrostratus cirrostratus cloud cirrus cirrus cloud Cirrus Logic cirrus sac Cirsium Cirta cis CIS B cis-active cis-butenedioic acid cis-trans isomerism Cis-Trans Test CISA cisalpine Cisalpine Republic CISC CISC processor Ciscaucasia cisco Cisco certification Cisco lock and key Cisco PIX firewall Cisco Resource Manager Cisco Systems, Inc. Ciscoes, European and Least			cirriped cirriped cirripede cirripede cirripede cirripede cirripedes cirripedes Cirripedia Cirripedia Cirripedia Cirripedia cirripeds cirripeds CIRRIS cirro- Cirro-cumulus Cirro-stratus Cirrobranchiata cirrocumulus cirrocumulus cirrocumulus cirrocumulus cloud cirrocumulus cloud Cirromorpha Cirrose Cirrostomi cirrostratus cirrostratus cirrostratus cirrostratus cloud Cirrous CIRRPC CIRRS cirrus cirrus cirrus cirrus Cirrus (organ) Cirrus (organ) Cirrus (organ) Cirrus Airframe Parachute System cirrus capitis cirrus capitis cirrus capitis cirrus caudae cirrus caudae cirrus caudae cirrus cloud cirrus cloud Cirrus clouds Cirrus clouds Cirrus Design Corporation Cirrus Logic Cirrus Logic Inc. cirrus metacarpeus cirrus metacarpeus cirrus metacarpeus cirrus metatarseus cirrus metatarseus cirrus metatarseus

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