heavy cloud

collocation in English

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heavy
adjective
uk
/ˈhev.i/us
/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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cloud
noun
uk
/klaʊd/us
/klaʊd/
a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops ...
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(Definition ofheavyandcloudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During the monsoon,heavycloudreduces the incoming solar radiation to about 40% of the potential for that latitude.
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Besides, monthly averages of radiation can disguise damaging shorter periods of continuousheavycloud and low radiation, which can occur at the critical stage in this (and most other) environments.
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One may have flown through aheavycloud, or have ice on the wings, and one might want to climb up into clear air.
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In this case, transparency was replaced by aheavycloud.
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This is a veryheavycloudwhich has settled over the district and no one is happy about the situation.
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Aheavycloudof shame hangs over the heads of the children for the rest of their lives.
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Is not he aware that there is aheavycloudof gloom hanging over my constituency?
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Heavycloudand thunderstorms were present in the area at the time.
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Bureaucracy hangs like aheavycloudover every work place and many homes where work is done.
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It trails with it aheavycloudof suspicion.
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We do not, as a rule, allow soaring, and the necessary instruments have been removed from our gliders to ensure that soaring cannot be undertaken inheavycloudconditions.
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Many areas of the province are often covered by a blanket ofheavycloudand low fog during the winter months, despite abundant summer sunshine.
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Temperatures are very warm throughout the year, although maximum temperatures are somewhat depressed in the monsoon season due toheavycloudand rain.
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He kept his course by skilful flying between the layers, but laterheavycloudand turbulent air conditions were met.
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Once the rains start, temperatures tend to fall, partly because of the rain and partly due to the oftenheavycloudcover.
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No ships were hit during the attacks and the bombers evaded the fighters in theheavycloudcover.
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If the need for information was great, pilots flew even inheavycloudcover hoping for a chance break to take that important picture.
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This did not occur due toheavycloudcover.
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Two months after impact, the sun finally reaches the surface as theheavycloudof ash clears away.
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The name arose because the emergence of this mountain from its usualheavycloudcover is said locally to be a sign of good weather.
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