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Do cirrus clouds cause rain and why?

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What type of clouds cause the most rain?

three types of clouds: cirrus, stratus, or cumulus


Do cirrus clouds make rain or snow?

Cirrus clouds don't precipitate.


Do cirrus clouds produce rain?

Cirrus are high altitude clouds. Cumulo nimbus (anvil shaped clouds) indicate the possibility of rain.


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.


What are high clouds made of ice crystals is called?

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Dark rain clouds are called?

cirrus


What are dark rain clouds called?

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Can cirrus and stratus cloud make a thunderstorm or a tornado?

No. Status clouds can bring rain but not thunderstorms and certainly not tornadoes. Cirrus clouds are sometimes torn away from thunderstorms, but they do not cause them. Tornadoes and the thunderstorms that produce them are associate with cumulonimbus clouds.


What are clouds that are dark and gray?

cirrus clouds are dark and usally bring rain


What precipitation should a flight encounter when overcast cirrus cloud is reported along the route?

None. Cirrus clouds are not rain clouds.


How do landforms influence fair weather from cirrus clouds?

landforms do not get damaged from cirrus clouds because the weather is fair. They dont get any rain, snow, hail, sleet, or anything else with cirrus clouds.


What are the dark layers of clouds that produce a steady rain?

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