Nimbostratus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Nimbostratus cloud is characterized by a formless cloud layer that is almost uniformly dark gray. "Nimbo" is from the Latin word "nimbus", meaning rain. It is a stratiform cloud that produces rain...
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; This is a photograph of nimbostratus clouds and a rainbow in Seattle, WA. Can you see the rain falling from the clouds? Click on image for full size version (91K JPG); Courtesy of Peggy LeMone...
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Nimbostratus are dark, low-level clouds accompanied by light to moderately falling precipitation. Low clouds are primarily composed of water droplets since their bases generally lie below 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). ... The sun (or moon) is not visible through nimbostratus clouds, which distinguishes them from mid...
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On a dull day when it rains or snows gently but ceaselessly, the blanket of grey cloud hiding the sun and any higher cloud, is Nimbostratus. Nimbus means rain, and stratus means sheet, so nimbostratus is a sheet cloud from which rain or snow is falling - usually continuously.
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Nimbostratus (Ns): a definition from the Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer ... Nimbostratus (Ns) A principal cloud type (cloud genus), gray colored and often dark, rendered diffuse by more or less continuously falling rain, snow, sleet, etc. of the ordinary varieties and not accompanied by lightning, thunder, or hail.
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The word Nimbostratus means "rainstorm" and "spread out" in Latin. Rain and snow often accompany the development of nimbostratus clouds. Nimbostratus clouds color the sky a solid gray. These clouds are low altitude clouds that are not more than 5,000 feet above the Earth.
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A nimbostratus is really a cloud with low cloud base. So why does it belong to the family medium high clouds? Well, actually it belongs to any group because its vertical extension is massive. ... A grey underside and you might ask how one knows that this is a nimbostratus and not something else... Well, you can't know just...
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Definition of nimbostratus from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of nimbostratus. Pronunciation of nimbostratus. Definition of the word nimbostratus. Origin of the word nimbostratus. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » nimbostratus...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about nimbostratus. nimbostratus. Information about nimbostratus in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. nimbostratus clouds, nimbostratus cloud ... (redirected from nimbostratus)
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[nĭḿbō-strā́təs, -străt́əs]
