upper regions

plural noun

1. the upper regions literary.
   the sky; heavens

Example Sentences

Vertical wind shear, or the difference in the strength and direction of winds between the lower and upper regions of a tropical storm, disrupts the organization of convection – the thunderstorms – and brings dry air into the storm, inhibiting its growth.

From Scientific American

More recently, scientists proposed that life could form in the cool upper regions of brown dwarfs’ atmospheres—an idea that brown dwarf experts quickly squashed because the dynamics are such that any life-form would cycle into deeper layers of the atmosphere that are hot and inhospitable.

From Scientific American

Hailstones are formed when drops of water freeze together in the cold upper regions of thunderstorm clouds.

From BBC

The upper regions of the road are expected to close for the winter in by mid-October.

From Washington Times

At the same time, a wildfire has been burning in western Greenland while Siberian wildfires have produced smoke haze circling the upper regions of the globe.

From The Guardian