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A dark, horizontal cloud base with no visible precipitation. It often indicates the base of the main updraught in a thunderstorm system. tornadoes may develop either directly from a rain-free base or from a lower wall cloud.
From: rain-free base in A Dictionary of Weather »
Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology.
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