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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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Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.