cover.
In Iceland and other countries located at around the same latitude and further north, low clouds are defined as clouds located up to
2 km in altitude and middle clouds from
2 km up to 4 km in altitude. A third cloud
type, not shown on a specific map (however, the information appears on the map for total cloud cover), is high clouds which can reach from 3 km up to 8 km in altitude.
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