Cirrostratus fibratus or also called Cirrostratus filosus is a type of
cirrostratus cloud
Cirrostratus is a high-level, very thin, generally uniform ''stratiform'' genus-type of cloud. It is made out of ice-crystals, which are pieces of frozen water. It is difficult to detect and it can make halos. These are made when the cloud takes t ...
. The name ''cirrostratus fibratus'' is derived from
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
, meaning "fibrous". Cirrostratus fibratus is one of the two most common forms that cirrostratus often takes, with the other being
cirrostratus nebulosus
Cirrostratus nebulosus is a type of high-level cirrostratus cloud. The name ''cirrostratus nebulosus'' is derived from Latin, the adjective ''nebulosus'' meaning "full of vapor, foggy, cloudy, dark". Cirrostratus nebulosus is one of the two most co ...
. They are formed from strong, continuous winds blowing at high altitudes, and they often cover a large portion of the sky. Cirrostratus fibratus may often develop from either
cirrus fibratus
Cirrus fibratus or also called Cirrus filosus is a species of cirrus cloud. The name ''cirrus fibratus'' is derived from Latin, meaning "fibrous". These clouds are similar to cirrus uncinus, commonly known as "mares' tails"; however, fibratus clo ...
or
cirrus spissatus cloud
Cirrus spissatus or also called Cirrus densus and Cirrus nothus clouds are the highest of the main cloud genera, and may sometimes even occur in the lower stratosphere. The characteristic features of cirrus clouds are fine threads or wisps of ice ...
. Precipitation is often imminent behind these clouds; however, they are not a precipitation-producing cloud.
See also
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List of cloud types
The list of cloud types groups all genera as ''high'' (cirro-, cirrus), ''middle'' (alto-), ''multi-level'' (nimbo-, cumulo-, cumulus), and ''low'' (strato-, stratus). These groupings are determined by the altitude level or levels in the troposphe ...
References
External links
International Cloud Atlas – Cirrostratus fibratus
Cirrus
Stratus
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