How to Use stratus in a Sentence

stratus

noun
  • Still, the stratus will be light and should burn off quickly.
    — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 11 July 2017
  • Even some drizzle occurred this morning from that thick layer of stratus near the coast.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2021
  • Tom looks at 10 pages of class notes on cumulus, stratus, and cirrus clouds and starts to panic.
    — Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Instead, Tom should take a review day to make sure that cumulus and stratus are firmly in his brain.
    — Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Most of the metro area is waking to heavy cloud cover early Thursday as marine stratus has pushed in from the coast.
    — oregonlive, 25 June 2020
  • This cloud species, found among stratus and cirrostratus clouds, is a veil without any distinct details.
    — Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Thursday will start out partly cloudy in Portland as some marine stratus has moved into the valleys.
    — oregonlive, 30 June 2022
  • Sunday will start with a few stratus clouds, with more cloud cover increasing throughout the afternoon.
    — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • As their name implies, fractus clouds are stratus and cumulus clouds that have ragged, irregular shreds.
    — Noel Kirkpatrick, Treehugger, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Expect a blanket of low stratus clouds and some patchy dense fog Tuesday morning, but skies should begin clearing around lunchtime.
    — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Check out the clouds accompanying a strong jet stream over #idwx #mtwx #wywx and the view of coastal stratus and fog is showing up nicely on the morning imagery.
    — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Conditions should improve around daybreak for much of the valley, although fog or very low stratus may linger over areas that received heavy snowfall over the weekend.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The rising air and sinking air meet in the lower atmosphere to form a marine layer—typically low-altitude stratus clouds.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 May 2018
  • That means cooler, moist breezes blowing off the Pacific Ocean toward land, pushing marine stratus clouds inland.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • And the damage fell disproportionately on the lower stratus — immigrants in Colorado who worked in the coal fields.
    — Jesse Paul, The Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Low stratus clouds shrouded parts of the Bay Area on Sunday morning but were expected to dissipate later in the day.
    — Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Low-level clouds, including stratus and stratocumulus, could block large portions of the sky, especially closer to the coast.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The region can expect sun and low stratus clouds in the afternoon and evening, along with onshore flows of west and northwest winds — all conspiring to help keep conditions relatively cool.
    — Omar Shaikh Rashad, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
  • Cirrus and altocumulus clouds moved over Washington during sunrise while the storm’s stratus clouds and precipitation were west of the mountains.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Nimbostratus, altostratus, cumulonimbus, stratus and even cumulus clouds can all appear dark in color at times.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • Temperatures flirted with 50 degrees Wednesday, and Thursday will remain mild with highs in the 40s to low 50s, though lingering fog and low stratus may hold temperatures down in a few locations.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Beginning Tuesday, the stratus clouds that are part of the marine layer are expected to cover the California coast from Santa Barbara to far San Francisco, the weather service said.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

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