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Within Vinony's link graph, nimbostratus is referenced by 129 other articles, and connects out to stratocumulus, cumulonimbus and cumulus.
Vinony files it under Cloud types, Precipitation and Stratus.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- Ns
- Genus
- Nimbostratus ( rain, layered )
- Altitude
- 500–5,500 m, (2,000–18,000 ft)
- Appearance
- Dark and featureless layer cloud full of water vapor; responsible for rain and snow
- Precipitation
- Yes: rain , ice pellets , or snow ; sometimes virga
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- cloudatlas.wmo.int/nimbostratus-ns.html
- Image
- Ns1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nimbostratus clouds
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- Nimbostratus
- short name
- Ns.
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Encyclopedic overview
A nimbostratus cloud is a multilevel, amorphous, nearly uniform, and often dark-grey cloud that usually produces continuous rain, snow, or sleet, but no lightning or thunder.
Although it is usually a low-based stratiform cloud, it actually forms most commonly in the middle level of the troposphere and then spreads vertically into the low and high levels. Nimbostratus usually produces precipitation over a wide area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nimbostratus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.