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Nimbus clouds belong to the types of clouds with the Latin moniker ‘nimbo-‘ meaning rain. These clouds are the chariots of precipitation, bringing rain, snow, sleet, or hail to the Earth below. Nimbus clouds are primarily of two types: nimbostratus and cumulonimbus.
From his Essay of the Modifications of Clouds (1803), Luke Howard divided clouds into three categories: cirrus, cumulus, and stratus, plus a fourth special type, nimbus. While clouds appear in infinite shapes and sizes, they fall into some basic forms.
Nimbus Clouds. Nimbus clouds produce precipitation in the form of rain, hail, or snow. Both cumulus and stratus clouds can be nimbus clouds, which go by the names cumulonimbus and stratonimbus. Cumulonimbus clouds are thunderheads that tower from the troposphere into the stratosphere.
Nimbus clouds are clouds that produce precipitation that reach the ground in the form of rain, snow or hail. There are two types of clouds, namely, cumulonimbus (cumulus clouds) and nimbostratus (stratus clouds).
Howard actually named three main types — cirrus, cumulus, and stratus — with a fourth special type called nimbus. The International Cloud Atlas expands upon this original classification system...
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. [1][2][3]
Fog is a stratus cloud. Stratocumulus – Low clouds with irregular masses of clouds, rolling or puffy in appearance, sometimes with space between the clouds. Cumulonimbus – Large clouds with dark bases and tall billowing towers. Can have sharp well defined edges or an anvil shape at the top.
Nimbostratus clouds are dark, gray clouds that seem to fade into falling rain or snow. They are so thick that they often blot out the sunlight. Weather prediction: Gloomy with continuous rain or snow
The prefix "nimbo-" or the suffix "-nimbus" are low-level clouds that have their bases below 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) above Earth. Clouds that produce rain and snow fall into this category. ("Nimbus" comes from the Latin word for "rain.") Two examples are the nimbostratus or cumulonimbus clouds.
Nimbostratus clouds are dark, grey, featureless layers of cloud, thick enough to block out the Sun and produce persistent rain. Height of base: 2,000 - 10,000 ft. Shape: Bands or areas of...