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It depends. Common whirlwinds such as dust devils and steam devils are not associated with any sort of cloud formation. Tornadoes involve multiple cloud types. In a typical case, a funnel cloud emeges from a wall cloud, which is attatched to a cumulonimbus cloud. Waterspouts can from from cumulonimbu or cumulus congestus clouds.
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What kind of clouds can you make shapes with?
You usually see shapes in cumulus clouds.
Is a tornado the same as a whirlwind?
Not really. A tornado is a kind of whirlwind, but most whirlwinds are not tornadoes. Other types of whirlwind include dust devils, steam devils, and firewhirls.
What kind of clouds are covering the sky on weekend?
What kind of clouds are covering the sky on weekends
What kind of clouds are thin wispy and make ice crystals?
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy and are composed of ice crystals. Cirrus clouds are the highest form of cloud, and do not usually cause precipitation.
What kind of clouds are made from ice?
ice clouds
What kind of weather are found with nimbus clouds?
clouds
What kind of clouds that are high in the sky?
cirrus clouds
What kind of clouds do hurricanes form?
Cumulonimbus clouds
Is a whirlwind a mild tornado?
No. A tornado is a very intense kind of whirlwind but most whirlwinds are not tornadoes. By definition a tornado is associated with a thunderstorm and connects to both the ground and the cloud base.
What kind of clouds produce tornadoes?
mostly cumulonimbus clouds along with supercell clouds
What kind of clouds form behind a front?
cumulus clouds
These clouds form at high altiudes which kind of clouds are they?
cirrus
