cirrostratus

cirrostratus
These clouds form typically as a thin whitish sheet covering a major portion of the sky. They may be very thin or form a definite sheet. They are responsible for forming halos around the sun and the moon. Cirrostratus clouds contain ice crystals or needles of ice. Some of the symbols for cirrostratus clouds on weather maps are and . The first symbol indicates that the amount of cirrostratus is not increasing, whereas the second symbol means that the sky is overcast with cirrostratus.

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