thin clouds
Faint sky veils
Thin clouds are clouds sparse or wispy enough to let sunlight or moonlight pass through.
The term appears in weather forecasts and astronomical viewing conditions: Thin clouds tonight with partial clearing by morning.
Thin clouds may produce halos around the sun or moon but rarely bring precipitation.
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- cirrusHigh wispy ice formation
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- veilFabric that obscures
- soft focusDeliberately blurred image technique
gauze · translucent · see through · streaky · cotton candy · feathery · scattered · filmy · mare's tails · angel hair · gossamer · delicate · high altitude · sheer · ethereal · misty · faint · pale
- high cloudscirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, mare's tail, mare's tails
- Cloudscumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus
- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, overcast, sunny, stormy
- translucentfrosted glass, rice paper, wax paper, tracing paper, sheer fabric
weather severity
thin cloudsstorm clouds
Rain-bearing atmospheric formations
thunderheads · thunderclouds · cumulonimbus · dark clouds · rain clouds
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