霧きり雲ぐも

noun

fog-like cloud; stratus cloud

Refers to a low, uniform cloud layer resembling fog but not at ground level. Often used in weather forecasts and descriptions of overcast skies. Compare with 層雲 (そううん), the formal meteorological term for stratus.

See also: 層雲

• 朝あさ、山やまの上うえに霧きり雲ぐもがかかっていた。

  In the morning, a fog-like cloud hung over the mountain.

• 天てん気き予よ報ほうによると、明日あしたは霧きり雲ぐもが広ひろがるらしい。

  According to the weather forecast, stratus clouds will spread tomorrow.