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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds. They form at altitudes above 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) in the Earth's atmosphere and are typically composed of ice crystals. These clouds appear thin, wispy, and high in the sky and are often associated with fair weather or the approach of a warm front.
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∙ 13y agoCirrus clouds are high clouds, usually 5 to 8 km up.
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Which type of cloud is highest in the sky cirrus or cumulus?
Cirrus is a High-étage cloud, whereas Cumulus is a Low-étage cloud. So Cirrus.
What is the highest cloud called?
Cirrocumulus, cirrus and cirrostratus. You can count cumulonimbus too, but they have a low base bu the top can reach as high as the cirrus clouds
What are the types of clouds on Earth?
The three main types of clouds are - High Clouds (Cirrus) Middle Clouds (Nimbus) Low clouds(Stratus)
When are clouds formed by ice crystal instead of drops of liquid water?
Cirrus clouds form only at high levels, above about 6kilometers, where temperatures are very low. As a result, cirrus clouds are made of ice crystals. That is the real answer
Can cirrus clouds form snow?
Cirrus clouds are high enough to be at a low enough temperature for the water droplets to form into ice crystals. However, Cirrus clouds are not precipitation clouds, so no snow or rain can fall from them. The clouds that can cause snow to fall in the right conditions are Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus clouds.
Are cirrus clouds low are high?
Cirrus clouds are at a high altitude.
Is a cirrus a high or low cloud?
Cirrus clouds are high-altitude clouds.
Are cirrus cloud type high or low?
HIGH
Cirrus clouds appear at low to high altitudes?
just high altitudes
Which type of cloud is highest in the sky cirrus or cumulus?
Cirrus is a High-étage cloud, whereas Cumulus is a Low-étage cloud. So Cirrus.
What kind of cloud can stretch from a low level to high up in the atmosphere?
Cirrus
Do Cirrus clouds often form at very low altitudes?
Cirrus clouds are high altitude clouds occurring between 17,000 and 40,000 feet
What is the highest cloud called?
Cirrocumulus, cirrus and cirrostratus. You can count cumulonimbus too, but they have a low base bu the top can reach as high as the cirrus clouds
What cloud is thin high and feathery?
Wispy, feathery cluds are called cirrus clouds. Cirrus comes from a word meaning "a curl." Cirrus clouds form at high altitudes, usually above 6 km, and at low temperatures. They are made of ice crystals and indicate fair weather.
What are feather like clouds called?
High, wispy clouds are generally categorized as cirrus clouds.
What is a dark low cloud called?
cirrus
What are the types of clouds on Earth?
The three main types of clouds are - High Clouds (Cirrus) Middle Clouds (Nimbus) Low clouds(Stratus)
