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Is a tornado a cloud?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado is often, but not always made visible by a funnel cloud. But the tornado is not the cloud itself.
What are the three majors names of the clouds?
The three major clouds are cumulus, stratus, and cirrus. Cumulus are fluffy with flat bottoms. Stratus are formed in layers. Cirrus are 'feathery' clouds. Whenever the word alto is in front of the cloud name (for example, altostrautus), this means the cloud is somewhere in between 2000 and 7000 feet in the atmosphere. Whenever the word nimbo is in front of the cloud name (for example nimbocumulus), it means the cloud is a dark rain cloud.
Are stratus clouds higher alltitude than cirrus clouds?
Cirrus clouds are formed at a higher altitude then stratus clouds. Cirrus clouds are formed at about 8,000 m. Stratus clouds are formed under 2,000m. Fog is actually a stratus cloud that forms near the ground.
What is one indicator that a thunderstorm may produce a tornado?
One indicator that a thunderstorm may produce a tornado is the presence of a rotating wall cloud. This is a large, lowering cloud that exhibits rotation at the base of a thunderstorm. When combined with other factors such as strong winds and changing weather conditions, it may increase the likelihood of tornado formation.
When does a funnel cloud become a tornado?
A funnel cloud becomes a tornado when it makes contact with the ground. Until that point, it is just a rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm cloud. Once it touches down, it is classified as a tornado.
What is the lowest level cloud is it cirrus cumulus and stratus?
cirrus
Do cirrus or stratus cloud form above 6000 meters?
cirrus
What is a cirrus stratus?
It's a type of cloud
What do you get when you combine a cirrus and stratus cloud?
ctratus or sirrus
Odd one out cirrus calculus cumulus stratus?
Cirrus, cumulus, and stratus are cloud types. Calculus is a branch of mathematics.
What different cloud types are there?
Stratus, Cumulus, and Cirrus.20
What are the three major cloud forms?
cirrus stratus and cumulus
What is a real type of cloud?
Cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, nimbo-stratus, cirrus and alto-stratus. Take your pick.
Name 4 types of cloud?
Cirrus Stratus Cumlulus Nimbus
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.
What rotating air mass is in a thunderstorm cloud?
A tornado
What kind of weather will the stratus cloud bring?
tornado
