Nimbostratus cloud

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title: Nimbostratus cloud
text: A nimbostratus cloud is a multilevel, amorphous, nearly uniform, and often dark-grey cloud that usually produces continuous rain, snow, or sleet, but lightning or thunder. Although it is usually a low-based 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. The prefix nimbo- comes from the Latin word nimbus, which denotes "cloud" or "halo". Downward-g
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description: Common type of rain cloud
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbostratus_cloud
date created: 2003-01-08T06:03:33Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T16:31:04Z
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