 Sometimes the upper edges assume the compact form of cumulus, and form massive peaks round which delicate "false cirrus" floats. At other times the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to cirrus clouds. This last form is particularly...  Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections - Page 2231913Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 318 pages
...sometimes the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the Cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers. The front of thunder clouds of wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 322 pages
...sometimes the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the Cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers. The front of thunder clouds of wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of... | |
 | Sir John Eliot - 1900 - 334 pages
...floats, and sometimes the edges separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers....wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of the sky which is uniformly brighter in colour. 1o. Stratus (S.).—~ A... | |
 | Henry Taylor - 1904 - 412 pages
...sometimes the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the Cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers....wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of the sky, which is uniformly brighter in color. 10. Stratus (S.) — A... | |
 | José Algué - 1904 - 414 pages
...sometimes the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers. The front of thunder clouds of wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of... | |
 | Herbert B. Mason - 1908 - 752 pages
...sometimes the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the Cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers....wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of the sky which is uniformly brighter in colour. Stratus (S.). — A horizontal... | |
 | Herbert B. Mason - 1908 - 774 pages
...similar to that of the Cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers. The <ront of thunderclouds of wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of the sky which is uniformly brighter in colour. Stratus (S.). — A horizontal... | |
 | Austin Melvin Knight - 1910 - 956 pages
...sometimes the edges themselves separate into a fringe of filaments similar to that of the Cirrus cloud. This last form is particularly common in spring showers....wide extent frequently presents the form of a large bow spread over a portion of the sky which is uniformly brighter in color. 10. Stratus (S.). — A... | |
 | George Aubourne Clarke - 1920 - 254 pages
...Cumulo-Nimbus (Си. Nb.}, the Thunder-cloud; Shower cloud. Heavy masses of cloud rising in the form of mountains, turrets, or anvils, generally surmounted...of a large arc spread over a portion of a uniformly lighter sky. ID. Stratus (S¿.). A uniform layer of cloud resembling a fog but not resting on the ground.... | |
 | Jacques Wardlaw Redway - 1921 - 314 pages
...Cumulo-nimbus cloud resulting from eruption of Vesuvius. Note the heavy rain falling from lower part of cloud. round which delicate "false cirrus" floats. At other...spread over a portion of a uniformly brighter sky. The difference between the ordinary cumulus cloud and the cumulo-nimbus is mainly one of depth and... | |
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