Altostratus (Noun)
Meaning
A stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The altostratus cloud layer was a uniform gray, covering the entire sky and blocking most of the sunlight.
- Pilots had to navigate through the altostratus clouds, which reduced visibility to just a few miles.
- The weather forecast predicted a vast field of altostratus clouds would blanket the region for the next 48 hours.
- Altostratus clouds often produced light to moderate precipitation, but rarely thunderstorms or heavy rain.
- As the altostratus clouds drifted across the sun, the temperature dropped and the air grew cooler and more humid.