stratus clouds

1. Low clouds that stretch over large portions of sky, creating overcast conditions.

Example Sentences

In individual cases the difference between surface winds and stratus clouds may be considerably greater.

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It passed between me and some cirro-stratus clouds, so dense as to hide ordinary stars completely.

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Sometimes these stratus clouds may cover the sky at midday, but in thin platings and not leadenly.

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During forenoon notice a distinct terra-cotta or biscuit colour in the stratus clouds to the north.

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Do not all the filmy, hazy, cirrus and cirro-stratus clouds first appear from the general direction of the sunset?

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