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== Formation == Stratus clouds form when weak vertical currents lift a layer of air off the ground and it depressurizes, following the [[lapse rate]]. This causes the [[relative humidity]] to increase due to the [[adiabatic cooling]].<ref name="USAToday">{{cite web|date=16 October 2005|title=Stratus Clouds|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wstratus.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200113/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wstratus.htm|archive-date=2 January 2014|access-date=16 January 2022|work=Weather|publisher=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> This occurs in environments where atmospheric ''stability'' is abundant.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Kind of Cloud Types Have Precipitation?|url=https://sciencing.com/kind-cloud-types-precipitation-8240593.html|access-date=2022-02-24|website=Sciencing|language=en}}</ref>
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