EA: BELOW_STATION_CLOUD_TYPE
EE: STRATUS
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
8
EA label:
BELOW_STATION_CLOUD_TYPE
Concept definition:
A generally grey <
CLOUD_LAYER
> with a fairly uniform base that may give <
DRIZZLE
>, ice prisms, or <
SNOW_GRAINS
>; stratus [
WMO407
, Section II.2.3.1, "stratus"]. When the <
SUN
> is visible through the <
CLOUD_LAYER
>, its outline is clearly discernible and does not show halo phenomena except possibly at very low <<
AIR_TEMPERATURE
>>s.
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO306
, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:7]
Supplemental references:
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