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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Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
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