1) Altostratus cloud 2) Cloud type 3) Stratus 4) Stratus cloud
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Mid-altitude clouds with a flat sheet-like shape.
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(As) A principal middle level cloud type (cloud genus) in the form of a grayish (gray) or bluish cloud sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance, totally or partly covering the sky. The layer has parts thin enough to reveal the position of the sun. Halo phenomena do not usually occur.
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(from the article `atmosphere`) ...height. In the lower troposphere, such clouds are called stratus. Advection fog is a stratus cloud with a base lying at Earth`s surface. In the ... ...are found at mean heights above the ground of 13 to 5 km (42,500 to 16,500 feet), are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Middle clouds, 7 to ... ...
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Mid-altitude clouds with a flat sheet-like shape.
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Altostratus is a cloud formation at between 10000 and 25000 feet, made up of wide expanses of flat, grey coloured clouds.
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A principal cloud type, gray or bluish in color, present in the mid-altitudes with a sheet or fibrous appearance.
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n] - a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
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altostratus (s), altostrati (pl)
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a principal middle level cloud type (cloud genus) in the form of a grayish (gray) or bluish cloud sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance, totally or partly covering the sky; the layer has parts thin enough to reveal the position of the sun; halo phenomena do not usually occur.
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altostratus cloud noun a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
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a cloud of a class characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus: of medium altitude, about 8000–20,000 ft. (2450–6100 m).
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