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cirrus clouds cant rain because they are to high the altitude in them is just to much. and the cloud is only ice crystal
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What are all the different cloud formations?
Cumulus clouds- heaping billows-show fair weather. stratus clouds-low floating layer-altostratus. cirrus-curling like a lock of hair-cirrus. Nimbus-(or cumulonimbus) are rain clouds.
What types of clouds are thunderstorms most likely to form?
altostratus ,altocumulus and cumulonimbus are thunderstorm clouds
Can you put the clouds in lowest to highest order?
low clouds = stratus middle clouds = altostratus high clouds = cirrus vertical development clouds = cumulus
What are all the cloud names?
There are three families of clouds. The families are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. Types of clouds in the cloud families are: cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus.
How does the rain get in the clouds?
the clouds are the rain
What is the type of cloud that brings a long steady rain?
Answer:Nimbostratus Cloud or also known as Nimbus Cloud
What type of clouds are altostratus and altocumulus?
The type of clouds that altostratus and altocumulus are cold weather clouds. They either bring cold and dry or cold and wet weather. They both are also very high in the sky.
Wispy clouds that are found in middle elevation?
Altostratus clouds
What type of clouds produces rain that can last for several hours or days?
Nimbostratus clouds produce rain that can last for several hours or days. These types of clouds are found below 2000 meters, and their moisture content is high. Some other types of clouds are altocumulus, altostratus, and cirrus clouds.
How does altostratus clouds form?
Altostratus clouds are formed when a large stable air mass is lifts causing water vapor to condense into a cloud.
What the many types of clouds?
stratus,cumulonimbus,cirus,and altostratus. =) stratus,cumulonimbus,cirus,and altostratus. =) stratus,cumulonimbus,cirus,and altostratus. =)
Is it true that altostratus clouds are lower than regular stratus clouds?
No it is not :)
What type of weather does a alto cloud bring?
Clouds with the prefix of 'alto' are middle level clouds between 6500 and 23,000 feet. The two alto clouds are altocumulus and altostratus and these types of clouds usually bring precipitation from rain.
What are two kinds of clouds made by humans?
altostratus cloud and cumulous clouds
What weather does Altostratus clouds bring?
There a couple different types of weather conditions associated with altostratus clouds. These types of weather include both snow and rain.
Which term is used to describe clouds of middle height?
Stratus. Think of strata layers in the ground.
Do altostratus clouds do they form in layers?
wait what question is this
