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What is Stratus?

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

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