cloudsnapshot

noun
UK /ˈklaʊdˌsnæpʃɒt/
US /ˈklaʊdˌsnæpʃɑːt/

A cloudsnapshot is a picture of the sky that shows the clouds.

She took a cloudsnapshot to show her friends the funny cloud shaped like a rabbit.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A saved copy of the data and settings of a cloud computing system at a certain moment.

The engineer restored the server from a cloudsnapshot taken before the update.

3. A quick look at how clouds are moving and changing during a weather report.

The forecaster showed a cloudsnapshot to explain the coming storm.

4. A brief record of the cloud cover in a place, often used by scientists.

Researchers compared each cloudsnapshot to track how the sky changed over the year.