Because stratus clouds form at such a low altitude (typically below 2,000 ft, but can form as high as 4,000 ft), the droplets within the clouds remain in liquid form. Jennifer Gray is a weather ...

Stratus clouds typically form in the lower atmosphere, while cirrus clouds develop at higher altitudes. Posted 8:47 p.m. Apr 24 ...

Stratus clouds typically form in the lower atmosphere, while cirrus clouds develop at higher altitudes. Posted 2023-12-02T21:47:31+00:00 - Updated 2024-04-24T20:47:00+00:00 ...

Fog: A layer of stratus clouds on or near the ground, typically seen overnight then burns off in the morning. Hole-punch (fallstreak) cloud: This formation looked like there is a rounded hole in ...

Stratus type clouds can form at any level, but the plain stratus usually have a base of between 0 feet (fog) and 6,500 feet high. Advertisement. Cumulus clouds are the soft fluffy clouds.

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 14: Shafts of sunlight beam down from behind clouds on August 14, 2019 in ... More Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) One misconception is that there are only ...

The prefix “alto” (meaning “high”) helps distinguish mid-level clouds from their lower-level counterparts (such as altostratus vs stratus). NWS cloud chart. Click to expand to full-size.

Stratus clouds at the lowest layer are very difficult to see through because they appear as big sheets in the sky, making them one of the worst to appear the day of the eclipse.

The worst case scenario would see a lower stratus cloud deck forming in WNY. Stratus clouds spread horizontally across the sky and are thicker. This type of cloud would block our view of the eclipse.