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 storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
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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...
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