What is Low Clouds?

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist of stratus and stratocumulus clouds, while cumuliform clouds include cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds. The cloud base heights vary according to the warm or cold regions.

Glossary

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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