altostratus


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Related to altostratus: nimbostratus, altocumulus
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a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles

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A wispy altostratus cloud blocks light of the setting sun as seen from the summit of Mount Pisgah.
UNDER A CLOUD
Altocumulus, altostratus and nimbostratus are medium-level clouds--between 2,500 and 5,500 metres.
Weatherwatch with Helen Willetts: May clouds, those ever-visible and ever-changing parts of the weather, are something with which the British are very familiar. Helen Willetts explains how to tell your cirrus from your cumulus
CIRRUS (HIGH CLOUDS) Cirrus Cirrocumulus Cirrostratus ALTO (MIDDLE-LEVEL CLOUDS) Altocumulus Altostratus LOW CLOUDS Cumulus Stratocumulus Nimbostratus Stratus
EYE ON THE SKY
Most of the clouds here tend to be stratiform--stratocumulus, altostratus, and cirrostratus.
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This radar triad at Addu Atoll provided unprecedented observations of the entire tropical cloud population, including precipitating and nonprecipirating shallow cumulus clouds, midlayer altostratus and altocumulus, convective congestus, isolated deep convective clouds, upper-level anvil and cirrus clouds, mesoscale convective systems, and hydrometer types.
Tracking pulses of the Madden-Julian oscillation: a field campaign in the Indian Ocean region collected unprecedented observations during October 2011-March 2012 to help advance knowledge of physical processes of the MJO--especially its convective initiation--and improve its prediction
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