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noun - a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
An extended cloud formation of bluish or gray sheets or layers.
ALTOSTRATUS - Altostratus is a middle altitude cloud genus belonging to the stratiform physical category characterized by a generally uniform gray to bluish-green ...
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An extended cloud formation of bluish or gray sheets or layers. |
a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles |
a type of stratus ( a flat, grey cloud) formed in thin layers and found at medium height, above the level of stratus |
Cloud forming a continuous uniform layer which resembles stratus but occurs at medium altitude (typically 2 to 7 km, 6,500 to 23,000 ft). |
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Altostratus is a middle altitude cloud genus belonging to the stratiform physical category characterized by a generally uniform gray to bluish-green and sheet or layer. It is lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than high cirrostratus. The sun can be seen through thin altostratus, but thicker layers can be quite opaque.* Altostratus is formed by the lifting of a large mostly stable air mass that causes invisible water vapor to condense into cloud. It can produce light precipitation, often in the form of virga. If the precipitation increases in persistence and intensity, the altostratus cloud may thicken into nimbostratus.Altostratus most often takes the form of a featureless sheet of cloud but can be wavy (undulatus) as a result of wind shear through the cloud. It can also be fragmented (fibratus) with clear sky visible, which often the approach of a weakened or upper level warm front. |