Continuous horizontal grey cloud (7)

I believe the answer is:

stratus

(Other definitions for stratus that I've seen before include "Cloud cover" , "Sheet of low cloud" , "Cloud as a grey sheet" , "Large dark low cloud" , "Continuous cloud type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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