Sentences with cirrus
cir·rus
C c - In the film, projected onto a fluttering white cloth, clear dawn gives way to high cirrus, the occasional airplane trail.
- And from that perspective, you're looking at the very high cirrus clouds over the top of the storm.
- In the troposphere, water exists as vapor in air, as liquid droplets in clouds, and as frozen ice particles in high altitude cirrus clouds.
- Most halos appear as bright white rings but in some instances, the dispersion of light as it passes through ice crystals found in upper level cirrus clouds can cause a halo to have color.
- High, tropical cirrus clouds are made up of tiny ice crystals that float at altitudes from 20,000 feet to 60,000 feet.
- There were some high cirrus clouds earlier and it looks like they're coming back, but, for the most part, it's just been beautiful.
- The arc isn't a rainbow in the traditional sense - it is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds.
- The persistent cirrus clouds indicate atmospheric turmoil at the levels where such control begins.
- The purpose of the mission was to study cirrus clouds, to improve forecasts of future climate change.
- The basic cloud forms are cumulus, which are heaped clouds; stratus, which are layer clouds; and cirrus, which are wispy.
- Wispy cirrus clouds are the only ones that form naturally at the high altitudes where jets cruise.
- The formation of wispy cirrus clouds is not a simple matter.
- Thin strands of cirrus cloud glowed red as the sun rose.
- A few cirrus clouds floated by, turning dark and blue around the edges.
- There have been few days without the presence of cirrus clouds.