About 600 kilometers ahead of the front, nimbostratus clouds occur. From Wordnik.com. [Air masses and frontal transitional zones] Reference
He removed his sunglasses, squinted as the first line of nimbostratus oc-cluded the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
Between the nimbostratus clouds and the surface location of the warm front, low-altitude stratus clouds are found. From Wordnik.com. [Air masses and frontal transitional zones] Reference
Along the gently sloping warm front, the lifting of moist air produces first nimbostratus clouds followed by altostratus and cirrostratus. From Wordnik.com. [Mid-latitude cyclone] Reference
Built on a rise to command views of the valley at its foot, it looked dour and inhospitable and threatening even on sunny days, and could chill the soul under nimbostratus. From Wordnik.com. [They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
Not in gray and grumpy nimbostratus, nor fine feathered cirrus, but in a fair weather cumulus blanket and the sun beams like knitting needles that pierced it, the ends of which, I was sure, illuminated some somber earthly occasion - corporeal cessation. From Wordnik.com. [On A Trans-Atlantic Flight] Reference
Another El Niño nimbostratus cloud, keeping the snow coming. From Wordnik.com. [Transworld Snowboarding» | Transworld Snowboarding] Reference
Do you know what the words nimbostratus, altocumulus and cumulonimbus describe?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
These are people who walk around staring into the sky (I imagine there's stumbling involved, too), mumbling to themselves about nimbostratus, altostratus and, if they're in a particularly buoyant mood, the finer points of frontal lifting. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
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