Nimbostratus cloud

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Heavy nimbostratus cover with some cumuliform fractus.
Heavy nimbostratus cover with some cumuliform fractus.
Abbreviation Ns
Symbol
Genus Nimbo- (cloud)
-stratus (layered)
Species cloud
Variety cloudy
Altitude below 2,400 m
(below 8,000 ft)
Classification Family C (Low-level)
Appearance formless layer
Precipitation Cloud? Yes
Nimbostratus has very few features.
Nimbostratus has very few features.

A Nimbostratus is a cloud of the class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; it is a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 ft (2400 m). Nimbostratus clouds completely block the sunlight as a result of its characteristic dense structure. Nimbostratus clouds stratus, altostratus and cirrostratus all have a smooth gray appearance. Nimbostratus clouds usually bring precipitation. These clouds are usaully made from warmer weather. Other typical precipitation-bearing clouds are cumulonimbus. The fractus cloud movement is slow and uniform under nimbostratus.


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High Clouds (Family A): Cirrus (Ci) • Cirrus uncinus • Cirrus Kelvin-Helmholtz colombia • Cirrostratus (Cs) • Cirrocumulus (Cc) • Pileus • Contrail
Middle Clouds (Family B): Altostratus (As) • Altostratus undulatus • Altocumulus (Ac) • Altocumulus undulatus • Altocumulus mackerel sky • Altocumulus castellanus cloud • Altocumulus lenticularis
Low Clouds (Family C): Stratus (St) • Nimbostratus (Ns) • Cumulus humilis (Cu) • Cumulus mediocris (Cu) • Stratocumulus (Sc)
Vertical Clouds (Family D): Cumulonimbus (Cb) • Cumulonimbus incus • Cumulonimbus calvus • Cumulonimbus with mammatus • Cumulus congestus • Pyrocumulus  • Pyrocumulonimbus
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