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  1. AbbreviationNs
    GenusNimbostratus (rain, layered)
    Altitude500–5,500 m · (2,000–18,000 ft)
    AppearanceDark and featureless layer cloud full of water vapor; responsible for rain and snow
    Appearance

    Nimbostratus has a diffuse cloud base generally found anywhere from near surface in the low levels to about 2,000 to 4,000 m (6,600 to 13,100 ft).in the middle level of the troposphere. Although usually dark at its b… See more

    Formation

    Nimbostratus occurs along a warm front or occluded front where the slowly rising warm air mass creates nimbostratus along with shallower stratus clouds producing less rain, these clouds being preceded by higher-leve… See more

    Forecast

    Nimbostratus is generally a sign of an approaching warm or occluded front producing steady moderate precipitation, as opposed to the shorter period of typically heavier precipitation released by a cold-frontal cum… See more

    Origin of name

    Under Luke Howard's first systematized study of clouds, carried out in France in 1802, three general cloud forms were established based on appearance and characteristics of formation: cirriform, cumuliform … See more

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