cloud layer

noun

1. a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.

Example Sentences

Depending on the persistence of these cloud layers, heating from the sun may be reduced in spots, lowering the maximum afternoon temperatures.

From Washington Post

Limaye is part of a contingent of Venus researchers interested in finding out whether its cloud layer could still host microbial life.

From Popular-Science

Let’s start with snow being made in cloud layers above 5,000 feet, in subfreezing air.

From Washington Post

Why our snow forecast missed the mark Thursday morningWhether cloud layers generate snow or sleet depends critically on the layering of temperature in and below those clouds.

From Washington Post

Whether cloud layers generate snow or sleet depends critically on the layering of temperature in and below those clouds.

From Washington Post

In the case of the sun this cloud layer is always present and is that part which we have learned to call the photosphere.

From Project Gutenberg

The ship swung down into the cloud layer; floating wisps of gray vapor streamed past the orbiting Cavour.

From Project Gutenberg

The cloud layer that enveloped Earth's sister planet swirled and twisted.

From Project Gutenberg

The sky, or rather the cloud layer, dominated the atmosphere with its weird pinkness.

From Project Gutenberg

It raced madly over the irregular upper surface of the cloud layer.

From Project Gutenberg