What is Stratus?
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
Glossary
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
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