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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 cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.