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What do low clouds mean?

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Clouds whose bases are in the low level etage, ground level to 6,500 feet (2,000 meters), are usually of the nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus and cumulonimbus type. Sometimes, the last two are separately grouped as convective clouds of great vertical extent.

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