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Cloud Atlas ->
Nimbostratus Nimbostratus (Ns)
Description:
Rain cloud. Grey,
dark layer cloud, indistinct outlines.
Origin:
Possible cloud
species, subspecies and special forms:
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special forms |
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name |
shortcut |
meaning |
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Nimbostratus virga |
Ns vir |
With drop strips
at the bottom side if the cloud. |
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Nimbostratus praecipitatio |
Ns pra |
With precipitation,
which reaches the ground. |
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Nimbostratus pannus |
Ns pan |
With torn ragged
clouds, which develope in the more deeply lying
unstable and turbulent layers below the basis of
the Nimbostratus due to evaporation of
precipitation and which grow together with the
Nimbostratus ( “pannus” also applies to Cumulus
pannus, Cumulonimbus pannus and Altostratus
pannus!) |
photos of Nimbostratus:
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Nimbostratus praecipitatio |
Nimbostratus pannus |
Nimbostratus pannus |
Nimbostratus praecipitatio |
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Nimbostratus pannus |
Nimbostratus praecipitatio |
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