mare's tails
High feathery streaks
Mare's tails are wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds that streak across the sky like strands of hair blown by the wind.
The term also refers to a common aquatic plant with whorls of fine, feathery leaves arranged around a central stem, resembling a horse's tail.
Mare's tails in the morning sky often signal approaching weather changes.
Elevated atmospheric position
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- streamersDecorative hanging ribbons
- fibrousMade of threads
hooked · fair-weather · stratospheric · troposphere · glaciated · cirrostratus · cirrocumulus · filaments
Jointed flowerless marsh plant
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
Prediction of future conditions
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- frontForward-facing side
- pressureForce upon contact
fair-weather · precipitation · climatology · atmosphere · condensation · vapor · observation
high-altitude
Elevated atmospheric position
fibrous · hooked · fair-weather · stratospheric · troposphere · glaciated · cirrostratus · cirrocumulus · filaments · silky
horsetail
Jointed flowerless marsh plant
prehistoric · fernlike · segmented · reed · emergent · riverside
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- frontForward-facing side
pressure · fair-weather · precipitation · climatology · atmosphere · condensation · vapor · observation
mare's tailscumulus
Dense, billowing cloud type
cumulonimbus · thunderheads · cotton ball clouds · stratocumulus · fog
mare's tailsstratus
Low, flat cloud layer
fog · nimbostratus · stratocumulus · ground fog · rain clouds