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 Us

Glossary

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...