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.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...