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Definition of Cirrostratus cloud
1. Noun. A thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cirrostratus Cloud
Literary usage of Cirrostratus cloud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1819)
"At eight, am a faint Parhelion appeared for a few minutes in the SSE point on a
Cirrus that was passing to a cirrostratus cloud ; it was 22° 30' distant ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1863)
"The wind on this day blew from the ENE, the sky was almost covered with cirrostratus
cloud, but the horizon was moderately clear. ..."
3. Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena by Thomas Forster (1815)
"... have been always observed to prognosticate rain, hail, or snow. As far as I
can observe, they are generally seen in the cirrostratus cloud. ..."
4. The 18th Century Climate of Jamaica Derived from the Journals of Thomas by Michael Chenoweth (2003)
"... and I interpret it to indicate instances of multiple cloud layers in which
the sun is generally diminished by a high-level cirrostratus cloud deck, ..."
5. The Climate of London by Luke Howard (1818)
"... which they were formed was consequently 47* in horizontal diameter: they were
caused by an attenuated cirrostratus cloud brought from the southward. 26. ..."
6. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific by Bernard O'Reilly (1818)
"... near Berry's Island : an appearance of cirrostratus cloud occurred, which is
worthy of notice from its consequences—aggregated small clouds of irregular ..."
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