section_path: Tropospheric classification/Levels and genera/Multi-level or moderate vertical
section_name: Multi-level or moderate vertical
paragraph_text: Multi-level or moderate vertical
  
  These clouds have low- to mid-level bases that form anywhere from near the surface to about 2,400 m (8,000 ft) and tops that can extend into the mid-altitude range and sometimes higher in the case of nimbostratus.