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 percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.