Nimbus cloud

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A nimbus cloud is a cloud that produces precipitation. Usually the precipitation reaches the ground as rain, hail, snow, or sleet. Falling precipitation may evaporate as virga. Nimbus is a Latin word meaning in cloud or rain storm. The prefix nimbo- or the suffix -nimbus indicates a precipitating cloud; for example, a nimbostratus cloud is a precipitating stratus cloud, and a cumulonimbus cloud is a precipitating cumulus cloud.

[edit] Further reading

  • Smith, Alastair & Clarke, Philip (2001) Spotter's Guide to Weather. London: Usborne

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Cloud genera and selected species, supplementary features, and other airborne hydrometeors
Extreme-level
Polar mesospheric cirriform type: Noctilucent
Very high-level
Polar stratospheric cirriform type: Nacreous
High-level
WMO genera: Cirrostratus (Cs) · Cirrocumulus (Cc) · Cirrus (Ci) · Special cirrus variants (non-WMO terminology): Cirrus Kelvin-Helmholtz · Cirrus aviaticus (Contrail)
Medium-level
Low-level
WMO genera: Stratus (St) · Stratocumulus (Sc) · Species: Fractus · Special stratocumulus variants (non-WMO terminology): Actinoform cloud · Undulatus asperatus
Moderate vertical
WMO genera: Nimbostratus (Ns) · Cumulus (Cu) · Supplementary features: Cumulus Pileus · Cumulus Arcus (Roll)
Towering vertical
WMO genera: Cumulonimbus (Cb) · Cumulus congestus (species) (ICAO term Towering cumulus -Tcu) · WMO supplementary features: Cumulonimbus mammatus · Cumulonimbus tuba (Funnel cloud) · Cumulonimbus Pileus · Cumulonimbus Arcus (Shelf) · Special variants (non-WMO terminology): Pyrocumulus · Pyrocumulonimbus · Cumulonimbus Wall cloud  · Cumulonimbus Overshooting top
Surface based
General type: Fog
Non-height specific
General type: Accessory cloud
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