L6 Clouds - Nimbostratus Nimbostratus clouds are layered, uniform, rain clouds. A cloud can quickly change to or from nimbostratus; that is, it can quickly start or stop raining during your observations. In a situation like that, you can pick a cloud type and make a note in the comments about intermittent rain. These clouds are generally very dark, and are associated with large areas of continuous rain during the warmer months. Nimbostratus can also produce snow or sleet during the colder months. Synopsis Nimbostratus clouds (1). These Nimbostratus clouds developed as a result of a stationary front stretching from Michigan southwestward to Oklahoma. Source: University of Missouri, Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences On-line Atlas: Nimbostratus Synopsis Nimbostratus cloud layer at (1) with lower fractostratus elements (2) present beneath the main cloud body. Viewer is looking southeast. Photograph taken just north of a weak stationary frontal zone draped southwest-to-northeast across Missouri. Source: University of Missouri, Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences On-line Cloud Atlas:
L6 Clouds - Nimbostratus Nimbostratus clouds are layered, uniform, rain clouds. A cloud can quickly change to or from nimbostratus; that is, it can quickly start or stop raining during your observations. In a situation like that, you can pick a cloud type and make a note in the comments about intermittent rain. These clouds are generally very dark, and are associated with large areas of continuous rain during the warmer months. Nimbostratus can also produce snow or sleet during the colder months. Synopsis Nimbostratus clouds (1). These Nimbostratus clouds developed as a result of a stationary front stretching from Michigan southwestward to Oklahoma. Source: University of Missouri, Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences On-line Atlas: Nimbostratus Synopsis Nimbostratus cloud layer at (1) with lower fractostratus elements (2) present beneath the main cloud body. Viewer is looking southeast. Photograph taken just north of a weak stationary frontal zone draped southwest-to-northeast across Missouri. Source: University of Missouri, Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences On-line Cloud Atlas:
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