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  2. Nimbostratus cloud - Wikipedia

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    The latter can achieve heavy intensity due to the cloud's vertical depth. Accessory cloud: Nimbostratus pannus is an accessory cloud of nimbostratus that forms as a ragged layer in precipitation below the main cloud deck. [11] Pannus is coded C L 7. Genitus mother clouds: This genus type can form from cumulus and cumulonimbus.

  3. List of cloud types - Wikipedia

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    Clouds of the genus nimbostratus tend to bring constant precipitation and low visibility. This cloud type normally forms above 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) [10] from altostratus cloud but tends to thicken into the lower levels during the occurrence of precipitation. The top of a nimbostratus deck is usually in the middle level of the troposphere.

  4. Cumulonimbus cloud - Wikipedia

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    Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus ' swell ' and nimbus ' cloud ') is a dense, towering, vertical cloud, [1] typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents.

  5. Mammatus cloud - Wikipedia

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    Mammatus cloud seen at Puthenpeedika, India Mammatus clouds formation in Coimbatore, India Mammatus clouds over the Nepal Himalayas. Mammatus (also called mamma [1] or mammatocumulus, meaning "mammary cloud") is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds.

  6. Why science says clouds could disappear as solar eclipse ...

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    Here's the science behind what could happen that day. What happens if it's cloudy during the solar eclipse? Even if there's cloud cover on Monday, there's still a chance for a clear view.

  7. Nimbus - Wikipedia

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    Nimbus, a spaceship captained by Zapp Brannigan in the animated series Futurama; Nimbus III, a planet in the movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; Nimbus, a character in the video game Tornado Outbreak; Nimbus, a type of guided missile in the video game Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation; Nimbus, a flying cloud from the Dragon Ball series

  8. Waves in the sky: Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds spotted in Canada

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    What she saw was a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud, named after Hermann von Helmholtz, who discovered the atmospheric instability that leads to this phenomenon. These waves in the s

  9. Cloud - Wikipedia

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    Clouds are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. The World Meteorological Organization uses two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common name.