virga in English
I kept a wary eye on both for fifteen to twenty minutes while climbing in the last couple thermals and observed that the virga never extended its range closer to the ground.
Use "virga" in a sentence
1. Virga may appear with most of the species of Altocumulus
2. They speculate that virgo grew from virga meaning "a green branch or twig.
3. Altostratus is a precipitating cloud (praecipitatio) and therefore often is accompanied by virga and mamma
4. Dum sacrum pignus cœlitus revelatur, Christi fides roboratur; * Adaunt prodigia divina in virga Moysi primitus figurata, alleluia
5. Starring: Antonio Virga Architecte, Photographer: Pierre Lasvenes, Luc Boegly, City: Cahors, France, Section: Museums, Cinemas, "Le Grand Palais" is a new multiplex cinema and museum space designed by architect Antonio Virga for the city administration of Cahors, in the French region of Occitania
6. Meaning: Altostratus mamma: As mam: sac-like, wart-like excrescences at the bottom side of the cloud: Altostratus virga: As vir: with drop strips
7. Altocumulus clouds have five supplementary features: asperitas (chaotic and wavy underside), cavum (fallstreak hole, hole punch cloud), fluctus (wave features known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability), mamma (mammatus clouds shaped like cow udders), and virga (evaporating precipitation).