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nimbo-stratus

alto-stratus cloud

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Stratus is a stable cloud deck which tends to form when a cool, stable air mass is trapped underneath a warm air mass.
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When a low stratiform cloud contacts the ground, it is called fog, although radiation and advection types of fog do not form from stratus layers.
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However, even a shallow stratus layer during the cold season can render solar heating ineffective.
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The low, sharp temperature inversion can lead to areas of persistent stratocumulus or stratus cloud, known in colloquial terms as anticyclonic gloom.
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More specifically, the term "stratus" is used to describe flat, hazy, featureless clouds of low altitude varying in color from dark gray to nearly white.
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Stratus made a pinfall attempt with a victory roll for a near-fall.
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In the volume for 1842 he described an aurora which was situated between himself and lofty stratus clouds.
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Stratus or stratocumulus (comprising the warm sector of a frontal system) usually forms when it clears.
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Cloud types are mainly low stratus and fog; cumuli forms are rare.
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Onshore winds in spring and early summer bring mists or low stratus clouds (known locally as sea frets) to the area.
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