Often, when analtostratuscloud thickens and descends into lower altitudes, it will become nimbostratus.
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This cloud typically forms fromaltostratusin the middle altitude range, but it tends to thicken into the low altitude range during precipitation.
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The variety "undulatus" (having a wavy undulating base) can occur with any clouds of the species stratiformis or lenticularis, and withaltostratus.
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Altostratusand nimbostratus clouds always have this physical appearance without significant variation or deviation and, therefore, do not need to be subdivided into species.
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They also can occur underaltostratuscloud preceding a warm or occluded front, when cumulus usually lose vertical development as the sun's heat decreases.
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Thealtostratusvelum cloud appears dark in comparison to its parent cloud, and can persist even after the cumulonimbus has disintegrated.
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A further thickening of thealtostratusis often accompanied by virga and the arrival of precipitation is imminent.
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However, only two are seen withaltostratusand stratus nebulosus whose uniform structures prevent the formation of a perlucidus variety.
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The best-known is cumulonimbus with mammatus, but the mamma feature is also seen occasionally with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus,altostratus, and stratocumulus.
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Altostratusis usually composed of water droplets but may be mixed with ice crystals at higher altitudes.
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These include middle-tage layers of "altocumulus" and "altostratus" as well as low "stratocumulus", and "stratus".
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If the precipitation increases in persistence and intensity, thealtostratuscloud may thicken into nimbostratus.
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The sun can be seen through thinaltostratus, but thicker layers can be quite opaque.
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Fractonimbus exist only under precipitation clouds (such as nimbostratus,altostratusor cumulonimbus), and don't produce precipitation themselves.
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Highaltostratusclouds and night flying conditions prevented him from making any visual contact.
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