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

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A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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