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Stratus silvagenitus is a type of stratus cloud. The word silvagenitus is a scientific Latin coinage meaning "created from forest". [ 1 ] This cloud type forms over forested areas which are experiencing high relative humidity levels, for example, after precipitation has passed, through evaporation and/or evapotranspiration .
The term stratus describes flat, hazy, featureless clouds at low altitudes varying in color from dark gray to nearly white. [2] The word stratus comes from the Latin prefix Strato-, meaning "layer". [3] Stratus clouds may produce a light drizzle or a small amount of snow.
At level with stratus nebulosus translucidus (V-90) and opacus (V-91) clouds Stratus fractus (V-89) cloud. Abbreviation: St [9] Clouds of the genus stratus form in low horizontal layers having a ragged or uniform base. Ragged stratus often forms in precipitation while more uniform stratus forms in maritime or other moist stable air mass conditions.
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Stratus nebulosus is a species of low-level stratus cloud. It is one of only two species that is associated with stratus clouds, other being fractus. Translated from Latin meaning nebulous, their cloud abbreviations can be respectively written as ‘St neb’. For a cloud to be classified as nebulosus, there has to be zero sign of detail in the ...
Cloud species are a set of fourteen terms used to describe the shape and structure of clouds. Each one has its name abbreviated to a three letter term. [1] [2] [3]
A nimbostratus cloud in the background with a stratus fractus in the middle of the upper half of the image. Fractus are accessory clouds, named for the type of cloud from which they were sheared. The two principal forms are cumulus fractus (formerly, fractocumulus) and stratus fractus (formerly, fractostratus).
Cirrostratus / ˌ s ɪr oʊ ˈ s t r ɑː t ə s / is a high-altitude, 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 the form of thin cirrostratus nebulosus. [1]