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What is Stratus?

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...