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Which two cloud forms are found in the middle cloud family?
Altocumulus and altostratus are the two cloud forms found in the middle cloud family. Altocumulus clouds are white or gray with rounded masses, while altostratus clouds are thin and gray, often covering the entire sky and causing diffuse light.
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.
At what altitude does an altostratus cloud form?
Altostratus clouds typically form at altitudes between 6,500 to 23,000 feet (2,000 to 7,000 meters) above ground level. They are mid-level clouds that often cover the sky in a thick, gray layer, blocking out the sun.
What is the term used to describe a cloud in the middle height range?
The term used to describe a cloud in the middle height range is "alto." These clouds typically form at altitudes between 6,500 to 20,000 feet. Examples of alto clouds include altocumulus and altostratus.
What are some common cloud formations?
Some common cloud formations include the cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, cumulonimbus, stratocumulus, stratus, and cumulus. There are many other types as well.
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 cloud starts with 'a'?
altostratus!
Is a altostratus cloud the lowest cloud?
No, altostratus clouds are middle-level clouds that typically form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet in the atmosphere. Low-level clouds include stratus, stratocumulus, and cumulus clouds that form below 6,500 feet.
If the base of a cloud is located at an altitude of 2 kilometers and the top of the cloud is located at an altitude of 8 kilometers this cloud is located in the?
This cloud is located in the middle altitude category, known as an altostratus cloud. Altostratus clouds typically form between 2 to 6 kilometers above the ground.
What is the height of a altostratus cloud?
The altitude varies from 7900 to 20000 feet, appearing in sheet or layer form
What are all the layer cloud?
They are Stratus, Nimbostratus, Altostratus, and Cirrocumulus.
When an observer sees cirrus cloud followed later by cirrostratus and then altostratus he or she is witnessing the spproch of a?
The approach of a warm front. Cirrus clouds typically form ahead of a warm front, followed by cirrostratus and then altostratus as the front approaches. This sequence of cloud types indicates increasing moisture and the potential for precipitation.
Altostratus and altocumulus are what clouds?
Altostratus and altocumulus are mid-level clouds that typically form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet above the ground. Altostratus clouds are usually gray or blue-gray in appearance and can often cover the sky, while altocumulus clouds are puffy and white with some shading.
What is a altocumilus cloud?
Altostratus clouds are mid-level clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet in the atmosphere. They are typically gray or blue-gray in color and can cover the sky, blocking out the sun. Altostratus clouds often indicate that a storm system is approaching.
Which two cloud forms are found in the middle cloud family?
Altocumulus and altostratus are the two cloud forms found in the middle cloud family. Altocumulus clouds are white or gray with rounded masses, while altostratus clouds are thin and gray, often covering the entire sky and causing diffuse light.
Do altostratus clouds do they form in layers?
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What are some cloud combinations?
Cirrostratus Altostratus Stratocumulus Cumulonimbus Cirrocumulus Altocumulus Nimbostratus Stratocumulus Cumulonimbus
