Most (>90%) events where u 2 m s-1 were individual precipitation and/or cloud water events which originated fromstratusor strato-cumulus clouds during the transition and dry seasons.
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They were mushroom shaped, and they had thinstratusclouds spreading out from them at a thousand or two thousand feet up in the sky.
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The weather report of the naval pilot speaks of cloudstratusat 200 ft and visibility of a quarter of a mile at worst.
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At the time, the aircraft was between two layers ofstratuscloud less than 3,000 feet apart.
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Observations suggest that when marinestratusis present alone, drizzle is minimized.
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Onshore winds in spring and early summer bring mists or lowstratusclouds (known locally as sea frets) to the area.
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The formation of large-scale (stratus-type) clouds is more physically based, they form when the relative humidity reaches some prescribed value.
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Likestratusclouds, they form at low levels; but like cumulus clouds, they form via convection.
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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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In the volume for 1842 he described an aurora which was situated between himself and loftystratusclouds.
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Fractonimbus are a form ofstratusfractus, developing under precipitation clouds due to turbulent air movement.
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Due to cold air drainage, the river valley is often completely filled withstratusand fog while outside the valley is clear.
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The low, sharp temperature inversion can lead to areas of persistent stratocumulus orstratuscloud, known in colloquial terms as anticyclonic gloom.
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Raggedstratusoften forms in precipitation while more uniformstratusforms in maritime or other moist stable air mass conditions.
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Onshore winds in spring and early summer bring mists or lowstratusclouds (known locally as sea frets) to the coasts and moors.
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