Usually means: Warm air above cooler air.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (temperature inversion)

noun:  (meteorology) An atmospheric condition in which a cooler layer of air lies below a warmer layer of air that functions as a "ceiling" for the cooler layer, interfering with normal atmospheric circulation and trapping pollutants.

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