| 单词 | stratus |
| 例句 | On the first of June, airplanes flyover the city, extremely high, crawling through the stratus clouds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I'd started therapy again during a particularly gray stretch of weather; flat, uniform stratus clouds hung in the sky, seemingly insulating us from sun, rain, snow or any variety, really. Lessons in resilience from Chicago's winter grapes 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z “The vast marble dome of the State House stood out in massive silhouette,” Lovecraft wrote, “its crowning statue haloed fantastically by a break in one of the tinted stratus clouds that barred the flaming sky.” How to Find the Spirit of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Also note the opposing flow of the marine stratus working northward with the convective debris clouds moving southwest towards the coast. Seattle weather forecast: More sunshine ahead but temps begin to cool 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Brilliant red, orange and scarlet sunsets often take place in the presence of higher cirrus or altocumulus clouds instead of low-level clouds such as stratus or stratocumulus. Why we should all be gazing at more sunsets 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “Imagine waiting your whole life to be at the Oscars and you end up sitting behind a stratus cloud,” tweeted writer Jarrett Bellini, who was promptly shut down by Tems fans. Tems' massive, cloud-like gown becomes the Oscars breakout star we didn't expect 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Snow can form in the gentle updrafts of stratus clouds or at high altitudes in very cold regions of a thunderstorm. What the hail? Is that SoCal white stuff snow, graupel, sleet or hail? Here is a guide 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z This gray layer of stratus clouds is generated by coastal waters chilled by the California Current flowing south from Alaska. For coastal L.A., the hottest days of summer are yet to come 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Without this sunscreen of stratus clouds, temperatures are likely to increase along with the evaporative demand — or atmosphere’s thirst — that sucks moisture out of soils and vegetation and elevates fire danger. After a cool, cloudy weekend, a statewide heat wave is on tap for California next week 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z A study published in 2018 found that the frequency of coastal stratus clouds had declined by 20% to 50% since the 1970s as a result of urbanization and production of greenhouse gases. May gray and June gloom are threatened by climate change. Enjoy them while they last 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “Right now it’s starting to dissipate finally but it’s looking like the deep marine layer stratus and fog are going to continue for the next few days.” L.A. area will see fall-like temperatures through Monday, forecasters say 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Whereas crepuscular rays headlined Tuesday’s sunrise, Monday’s sunrise presented more texture and variety as the sun’s rays intercepted a mix of cloud types — stratus, altostratus, stratocumulus and cirrus. How Tuesday’s sunrise cast a fiery crown over Washington’s sky 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z While marine stratus clouds may provide a sunscreen for the coast, moderating temperatures when so many other places are baking, they usually bring only drizzle, at best, but no serious relief from California’s persistent drought. For coastal L.A., the hottest days of summer are yet to come 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Very slow clearing of the stratus will occur today, with only partial afternoon clearing near the beaches. Southern California weather snaps back to summer after unusual July rain 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z On Wednesday and Thursday, the west winds will be stronger, bringing more stratus clouds and pushing temperatures down from the mid-80s into the 70s, he said. The Seattle area is safe from wildfire smoke (for now) thanks to wind from the west 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z And that marine stratus will continue to push in through the day, covering more of the Sound by Wednesday and bringing even cooler relief. Marine clouds blow in with cooler temps and relief for the Seattle area 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z That means cooler, moist breezes blowing off the Pacific Ocean toward land, pushing marine stratus clouds inland. California's rainy season is starting about a month later than it did in the 1960s, researchers say 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z “Wayne really took to the idea of being able to bring horse ownership to literally every man and woman, any economic stratus,” Spendthrift President Eric Gustavson said. Authentic, Velazquez quickly mesh in Kentucky Derby victory 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Even some drizzle occurred this morning from that thick layer of stratus near the coast. Southern California weather snaps back to summer after unusual July rain 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Marine stratus clouds are created when winds blowing over the Pacific Ocean mix moist surface air upward in the atmosphere. What causes the deep marine layer that played a role in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Warning: The following images may confuse viewers that normally see fog and stratus across the #BayArea. California air 'world's worst' after fire 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z At Wimbledon, Williams was given a seeding of 25th, in the lowest stratus of seeds but far above her ranking of 183 at the time. U.S. Open Gives Serena Williams a Seeding Bump, to No. 17 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z As such, the tax plan has also provided some upstate Republicans with a pure populist message: The tax bill helps as many working-class families as it hurts the upper stratus. If the G.O.P. Tax Plan Hurts You, Congressmen Say It’s Your State’s Fault 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z I wonder what kind of social stratus Barbara lived or lives. Opinion | Brazilian Women Can Learn to Yell 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The terrain channels the wind-borne stratus clouds through canyons and valleys — which are the same routes used for highways, such as the 101 Freeway. What causes the deep marine layer that played a role in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z On a cool and damp day, you will likely see stratus clouds, an example of a foggy, low-level cloud. New York Today: Your Guide to ‘Cloudgazing’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z In 1803, the British pharmacist Luke Howard suggested that clouds be described as cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and nimbus—the Latin words for “curl,” “layer,” “mass,” and “rain.” Talk About the Weather 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Providers of online computing may be under a grey, drizzly stratus of low profitability. The cheap, convenient cloud 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Google today announced that it is buying San Francisco database stratus Firebase. Google Scoops Up Firebase--Mobile Database Startup To Become Part Of Google Platform 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z But this stratus is too high for that classification and so they call it alto-stratus. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The quiescent prominences resemble closely the stratus and cirrus type of terrestrial clouds, and are frequently of enormous extent along the sun's edge. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The first forms a cloud, called, from being a layer, stratus; the second forms a cloud, called, from its heap appearance, cumulus. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z In individual cases the difference between surface winds and stratus clouds may be considerably greater. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z Within 90 seconds the F-180A closed level just over the crater and shot past with only a thin stratus layer between it and ground. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z Sometimes these stratus clouds may cover the sky at midday, but in thin platings and not leadenly. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Howard classified the clouds as we do to-day, according to their appearance, into three principal types, viz. stratus, cumulus, and cirrus, which represented also low, middle, and high clouds. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z At four o'clock we were on our way, by which time a gray stratus cloud had drawn itself across the neck of the Matterhorn, and soon afterwards another of the same nature encircled his waist. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The day was clear so far, but a band of stratus hung low over the western hills. The Year When Stardust Fell But the wavy form, and of all sizes, is very frequently assumed by cirro-stratus, which is rapidly condensing, and turning to stratus. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Another form that the cirro stratus may assume is the mackerel sky,—clouds with the light and shade of the scales of a fish. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Of all the forms, the dark sheet of stratus, and clouds of lenticular shape, are most frequently followed by rain. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z Once, turning my head to the left, I saw what appeared to me to be a huge mass of stratus cloud, at a great distance, with the stars shining over it. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. It is a cumulus, cirrus, stratus, or what not. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors The observer must watch the formation of cirri, and the different forms of cirro-stratus and stratus, and become familiar with their appearance. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes In winter there is not such an opportunity offered and the few clouds that form because of the daily variation in temperature are flatter and are called stratus clouds. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Fog is often formed in this way, which we call stratus cloud when it rises above us. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z Through the gloom it appeared like a cloud, the lines of bedding giving to it the stratus character. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The stratus has long been regarded as the harbinger of fine weather; and, indeed, there are few days in the year more serene than those whose morning breaks out through a stratus. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World I have said that there was a decided tendency to cirrus without cumulus, in mid-winter, and cumulus without cirro-stratus or stratus, in midsummer, and during the intermediate time an intermediate tendency. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The cloud process from stratus on is slow or rapid, depending upon the energy of the coming storm and the rate of its approach. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Is the stratus of the upper regions of the atmosphere, heavier looking than the cirrus, but not so heavy as the stratus. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We had little blue sky, but the clouds were again grand and varied — cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and nimbus, we had them all. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Such is the p. 103origin and appearance of the stratus: it constitutes the fog of the morning, and sometimes, as at the approach of a long frost, occupies the lower atmosphere for several days. The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World Gloomy from what? fog, or stratus, or a stratum of scud, or what? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Cumulus or stratus may be floating up from the south. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The photographer had seen a huge ball of fire streak down through the sky and pass through a high layer of stratus clouds. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects They increase in the region of a depression, and attain their greatest height in thunderstorms, the thickness of the cumulo stratus stretching sometimes for several miles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 The sky is clear, but it clouds rapidly with films of cirrus and of stratus in the south and west. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series But when the condensation has so far advanced toward stratus that the easterly wind and scud are obvious, there is little or no doubt that rain or snow will fall speedily. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes All the rest is torn stratus and cumulus, which needs to condense a little further before it becomes nimbus. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z A dense body of vapour in the shape of stratus, or fall cloud of the meteorologist, was at the same time stretching eastward along the distant horizon on both sides of us. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Saturday night it blew hard from the south, thick overhead, low stratus and drift. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I At four o'clock we were on our way, by which time a gray stratus cloud had drawn itself across the neck of the Matterhorn, and soon afterward another of the same nature encircled his waist. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 These often induce a layer of cirro-stratus or stratus at the lower line of the counter-trade, and in the surface-atmosphere, which precipitates; and this operation is clearly discernible, and very frequently, before gentle rains. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes But through the break in the stratus near the horizon shows a cloud of firmer texture, which is less reassuring. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The wind lulled, and heavy clouds of stratus appeared in the east, towards evening. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia As I returned from my walk the southern sky seemed to grow darker, and later stratus cloud was undoubtedly spreading up from that direction—this at about 5 P.M. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The stratus spreading over from the S.E. last night meant mischief, and all day we marched in falling snow with a horrible light.... The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition The long, dry, north-easterly winds of spring have been attributed to the icebergs, but they are overlaid by feeble stratus or cirro-stratus condensation, or are the result of attraction, by a more southern precipitation. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes A stratus of tepid cloud a thousand miles long and a thousand miles deep, and a man in a dug-out paddling through! Castle Nowhere A rim of dark, stratus cloud was often visible below the light which brightened and diffused till it curved as a low arc across the sky. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The sky is overcast: stratus clouds come over from the N.N.E. with wind in the same direction soon after we started. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Among the three formations of cirrus, cumulus and stratus, the cumulus has a special place as representing in the most actual sense what is meant by the term 'cloud'. Man or Matter Condensation in the whole body of the trade is usually in the form of turbidness or mistiness, a bank or incipient stratus, without cirri. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes To the south hard streaks of stratus lay heaped up to 30 degrees above the horizon.�.�.�. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The nimbus, therefore, is not a distinct cloud, but an appearance which the cumulus, stratus, or cirro-stratus has in a stormy or showery state, and does not deserve a distinct name. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The sky has been clear most of the day, fragments of low stratus occasionally hurry across the sky and a light cirrus is moving with some speed. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The reason is that both cirrus and stratus have characteristics which in one or the other direction tend away from the pure realm of atmospheric cloud-formation. Man or Matter But, again, Mr. Redfield is right in saying there is, in such cases, “an extended stratum of stratus cloud,” and it is always present. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Light easterly breeze, blue sky, and stratus clouds. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The stratus is a smooth, uniform cloud—the true rain cloud of the storm; often forming without much cirrus above, or connected with it. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Sometimes the southern sky looks dark and ominous, but within half an hour all has changed—the land comes and goes as the veil of stratus lifts and falls. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I In the language of physics, the stratus forms an equipotential surface in the gravitational field permeating the earth's atmosphere. Man or Matter It is not supposed, however, that this disk-like stratum of revolving wind is of equal height or thickness throughout its extent, nor that it always reaches near to the main canopy of stratus cloud. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The nimbus, another cloud described by him, is not distinct from the cumulus or stratus. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes When it extends and expands, and its threads widen and coalesce into cirro-stratus and stratus, or it induces a layer of stratus below it, the rain forms. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Gleams of bright sunlit mountains appeared through the stratus. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I In the stratus, the atmospheric vapour is gathered into a horizontal, relatively arched layer around the earth, and so anticipates the actual water covering below which extends spherically around the earth's centre. Man or Matter Above this is an extended stratum of stratus cloud, which is found moving with the general or local current of the lower atmosphere which overlies the storm. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Intermediate between the fibrous, tufted, cirrus, and the smooth uniform stratus, there is a variety of forms partaking more or less of the character of one or the other, and termed cirro-stratus. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes It is but a cumulus, or a stratus, or cirro-stratus dissolving in snow or rain. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes We are only 24 miles from C. Crozier and the land is showing up well, though Erebus is veiled in stratus cloud. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Thus the stratus arranges itself in a direction which is already conditioned by the earth's field of gravity. Man or Matter The latter is, to some extent, counteracted by the thin sheets of surface wind which are drawn in under the stratus from the sides. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The spread of stratus cloud overhead was very remarkable. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Sheety white snowy stratus cloud hung about overhead during the first march, but now the sky is clearing, the sun very warm and bright. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The accumulation of this gradually overspread the sky with a layer of stratus, which, however, never seemed to be very dense; the position of the sun could always be seen. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I In the cirrus there is present a tendency to expand; in the stratus to contract. Man or Matter They are distinct, more or less disconnected, irregular, with every form between those of the easterly scud, cumulus, and stratus, according to the season. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes The stratus spreading over from the S.E. last night meant mischief, and all day we marched in falling snow with a horrible light. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I To-night there is some stratus cloud forming—a hint no more bad weather in sight. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I This evening the air is full of ice crystals and a stratus forms again. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The sky is slightly overcast for the first time since we left the glacier; the sun can be seen already through the veil of stratus, and blue sky round the horizon. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Evening comes, and the moon wades in a smooth bank of cirro-stratus haze, with a very large circle around her; the cirrus bands of haze have coalesced and formed a thin stratus. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes There was a glorious northern sky to-day; the horizon was clear and the flood of red light illuminated the under side of the broken stratus cloud above, producing very beautiful bands of violet light. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The facts supporting the theory are the actual formation of a stratus cloud before a blizzard, the snow and warm temperature of the blizzard and its gusty nature. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Some stratus cloud about Discovery and over White Island. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I There has not been much wind to-day, but the moon has been hid behind stratus cloud. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I He may catch an opportunity for a view, when there is a break in the stratus cloud above, and the sun or moon, no longer obscured by the storm cloud, shines through the scud beneath. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes We found a thin stratus over the sky this morning, foreboding ill. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Thin stratus cloud forming and dissipating overhead, curling stratus clouds over Erebus. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The broken cumulus slowly changed to a uniform stratus, which seems to be thinning as the sun gains power. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Otherwise the web of stratus which hangs over us thickens and thins, rises and falls with very bewildering uncertainty. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I |
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