Editing Nimbostratus cloud (section)

==Forecast==
[[File:2023-10-29 12 25 34 View towards dark clouds from Burlington County Route 630 (Woodlane Road) in Westampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|Nimbostrati often have very few visual features.]]

Nimbostratus is generally a sign of an approaching warm or occluded front producing steady moderate precipitation, as opposed to the shorter period of typically heavier precipitation released by a cold-frontal cumulonimbus cloud.<ref name="cloudspotterguide">{{cite book|last=Pretor-Pinney|first=Gavin|title=The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds|publisher=Perigee|year=2007|isbn=0-399-53345-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAiKY4xU6y8C}}</ref> Precipitation may last for several days, depending on the speed of the frontal system.<ref name="dunlop" /> A nimbostratus virga cloud is the same as normal nimbostratus, but the rain or snow falls as [[virga]] which doesn't reach the ground. [[Stratus cloud|Stratus]] or [[stratocumulus]] usually replace the nimbostratus after the passage of the warm or occluded front.