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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The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
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A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
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Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
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A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...