Sentence examples for cloud ceiling from inspiring English sources

The birds were migrating in conditions of high winds and fog, with a low cloud ceiling.

High above, the sun tries to force its way through a cloud ceiling, gray and filled with water.

When a reflection is detected, the ceilometer measures the vertical angle to the spot; a simple trigonometric calculation then yields the height of the cloud ceiling.

The plane left from the small airport around 10 30 p.m. in overcast skies and a low cloud ceiling, the airport manager said.

Rainfall decreases above a cloud ceiling at about 10,000 feet, especially on Kilimanjaro, where the Afro-Alpine zone is a veritable desert.

When the cloud ceiling lifted, we found spots on an 11-seater de Havilland Otter flown by Talkeetna pilot Richard Olmstead.

One important use of the ceilometer is to determine cloud ceilings at airports.

Migrating birds can be fatally "captured" by artificial lights, a fact that was made obvious a half century ago, when early versions of a common meteorological device called a ceilometer — which used a powerful vertical beam of light to measure cloud ceilings — sometimes killed thousands of migrating birds in a single night.

As climate change progresses, higher cloud ceilings, increased evaporative demand, and higher temperatures may further shift the timing of the growing season and reduce growth at low elevation Christmas tree farms, but farms at higher elevations may benefit from a longer growing season.

Beneath Super Grover and a cloud-dotted ceiling, Loretta Long, who plays Susan, gave me a big hug; Sonia Manzano, who plays Maria, talked about Maria's time as a construction worker; Oscar told me he was having a rotten time.

The dining rooms are lavishly furnished with antiques and cloud-painted ceilings, and you'll want to arrive early enough to take in the Italianate gardens and the striking views of the Hudson from the front terrace.