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.
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A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
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A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
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Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...