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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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Glossary

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

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.