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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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Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...