Definition of Cirrostratus

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Cirrostratus

The term 'Cirrostratus' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' A cloud of a class characterized by a composition of ice crystals and often by the production of halo phenomena and appearing as a whitish and usually somewhat fibrous veil, often covering the whole sky and sometimes so thin as to be hardly discernible. These clouds are of high altitude (20,000-40,000 ft or 6000 -12,000 m)'.

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