- Clouds from above in a marine inversion on the West Coast
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- Cloud types, St: marine layer inversion. Cool ocean waters cause air above them to become cooler and moist. In areas where high pressure prevails aloft (such as the West Coast), this marine layer is trapped by warmer, dry air due to subsidence above it. Here, seen from above at sunset, a solid deck of Stratus and Stratocumulus clouds fills the low levels below the inversion.
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