nimbostratus

English

Nimbostratus has very few features.

nimbostratus (plural nimbostrati)

(meteorology) According to the World Meterological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns.

cloud type

Chinese:
Cantonese: 雨層雲, 雨层云 (jyu⁵cang⁴wan⁴)

Mandarin: 雨層雲 (zh), 雨层云 (zh) (yǔcéngyún)
French: nimbostratus m
Icelandic: regnþykkni (is) n, regnský (is) n

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