| Plural | stratuss |
stratus clouds
stratus layer
stratus formation
stratus cloud cover
low stratus clouds
thick stratus layer
Stratus means to extend, spread out, flatten, or cover with a layer.
In fact, all clouds belong to one of three principle types to which Howard gave the names: cirrus, Latin for tendril or hair, cumulus, heap or pile, and stratus, layer or sheet.
For instance, stratus clouds-those unlovable, featureless sprawls that give us our overcast skies, happen when moisture-bearing updrafts lack the oomph to break through a level of more stable air above, and instead spread out, like smoke hitting a ceiling.
stratus clouds
stratus layer
stratus formation
stratus cloud cover
low stratus clouds
thick stratus layer
Stratus means to extend, spread out, flatten, or cover with a layer.
In fact, all clouds belong to one of three principle types to which Howard gave the names: cirrus, Latin for tendril or hair, cumulus, heap or pile, and stratus, layer or sheet.
For instance, stratus clouds-those unlovable, featureless sprawls that give us our overcast skies, happen when moisture-bearing updrafts lack the oomph to break through a level of more stable air above, and instead spread out, like smoke hitting a ceiling.
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