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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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Glossary

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

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

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

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An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...