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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Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
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A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
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A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
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