Nimbostratus cloud to a surface observer. Nimbostratus usually has a thickness of about 2000 to 4000 m. Though found worldwide, nimbostratus occurs more commonly in the middle latitudes. It is coded C2 on the SYNOP report. Nimbostratus occurs along a warm front or occluded front where the slowly rising warm air mass creates nimbostratus along with shallower stratus clouds producing less rain, these clouds being preceded by higher-level clouds such as cirrostratus and altostratus. Often, when an altostratus cloud thickens and descends into lower altitudes, it will become nimbostratus. Nimbostratus, unlike cumulonimbus, is not associated with thunderstorms, however at an unusually unstable
Cloud dragon Horrors" (2002) from Necromancer Games. The cloud dragon appeared in Paizo Publishing's book "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2" (2010), on pages 96–97. Cloud dragon The cloud dragon, also known as the Draco Cumulus Welkin, is a type of dragon in the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The cloud dragon first appeared in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983). The cloud dragon appeared in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the "Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix" (1990), and is reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993). A cloud dragon is a neutrally aligned dragon which can take a gaseous form