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.
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The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
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