10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRACTOSTRATUS»
Discover the use of
fractostratus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fractostratus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Weather Inference for Beginners
Denys J. Holland. LOW CLOUD TYPES IN DETAIL (cont) Fractostratus and/or
fractocumulus of bad weather ('scud') usually under nimbostratus. By 'bad
weather' is meant the conditions prevailing before, during or after precipitation
These low ...
2
The Weather Observer: June 29, 1942
They are usually arranged in lines, and they appear like rising towers or
battlements of cloud. (b) Fractostratus. — Fractostratus clouds are very low,
irregular, formless shreds of cloud. Their color is dark gray. They result from the
breaking up of ...
United States. War Department, 1942
3
English PoetryFrom John Donne To Ted Hughes
According to Desmond King — Hele's interpretation, the second stanza presents
"a fine cloudscape, composed of two quite different types of cloud, fractostratus
and cirrus." The fractostratus clouds are harbingers of rain and appear low in the
...
4
Instruction Manual for Oceanographic Observations
L6 : Stratus or Fractostratus, or both, but not fractostratus of bad weather. These
clouds are usually in a low single layer and may be localized in extent. Clouds
properly coded 0, unlike those coded 0 and 8, are not very dark or menacing.
United States. Hydrographic Office, 1955
5
Reeds Maritime Meteorology
Nimbostratus (Ns) A low, dark grey, shapeless and somewhat ragged cloud, of
rainy appearance, often having below it pieces of 'scud' termed Fractostratus (Fs)
from which precipitation may often fall; when it does it is usually continuous.
Elaine Ives, Maurice Cornish, 2013
6
The Facts on File Dictionary of Weather and Climate
They are shallow CUMULUS clouds that do not have a smooth appearance and
occur when the cloud is beginning to evaporate and dissipate into the air around
it, or when strong winds are fragmenting it. fractostratus cloud /frak-toh-stray-tŭs/ ...
7
Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International ...
... Red Lion and Sun is uted in tran. • Sign of Magan David Adorn, ihe
humanitaiian refief oiganization in Israel. OVERCAST. SKY OBSCURED
STRATUS and/or FRACTOSTRATUS FRACTOSTRATUS, Fractocumulus (Scudl
ALTOSTRATUS,.
8
Clouds, Rain, and Rainmaking
1000 or 2000 ft When this very low layer is broken up into of the irregular shreds
it is designated fractostratus ground Nimbostratus Ns. An amorphous, dark grey,
rainy cloud layer reaching almost to the gound As for St. Clouds with marked ...
When radiation fog begins to break up under the influence of solar heating or of
wind or both it quite often lifts to form low fractostratus as it dissipates. In such
cases the low cloud is generally of short duration. Formation in this manner of
very ...
10
Mountain Meteorology : Fundamentals and Applications: ...
Fractocumulus and Fractostratus Clouds. Fractocumulus and frac- tostratus
clouds (figure 7.13) are ragged cumulus and stratus clouds, small and irregular in
appearance. They can be produced by condensation and mixing in near-
saturated ...
C. David Whiteman Staff Scientist of Meteorology at Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 2000
