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No, cumulonimbus clouds do.

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Q: Do cirrus clouds produce thunderstorms
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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.


Do thunderstorms come from cirrus clouds?

Thunderstorms can come from cirrus clouds. Large numbers of cirrus clouds is a sign that a frontal system is approaching the area.


Do cirrus clouds bring thunderstorms?

Cirrus clouds generally do not bring thunderstorms. They are high-level clouds composed of ice crystals and are typically associated with fair weather. Thunderstorms are usually associated with cumulonimbus clouds, which are large and dense clouds that can reach high altitudes and produce thunder, lightning, and heavy precipitation.


Do cirrus clouds produce sleet?

Cirrus clouds do not produce precipitation at all.


Is cirrus associated with thunderstorms?

Sometimes it is indirectly associated with thunderstorms. Some cirrus clouds are the result of strong upper level winds blowing away the tops of thunderstorms.


What clouds are thunderstorms and tornadoes associated with?

Thunderstorms and the tornadoes the produce are associated with cumulonimbus clouds.


Do cirrus clouds produce light snow?

Cirrus do not produce precipitation.


What type of clouds produce most thunderstorms?

nimbus clouds


Can stratus clouds produce thunderstorms?

No. Thunderstorms form from cumulonimbus,bus clouds, which in turn form from cumulus clouds. Status clouds are not convective. Thunderstorms need convection to form.


Do cirrus clouds produce rain?

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


How are cirrus clouds and cumulonimbus clouds are alike and different?

one is coller


What types of clouds produce thunderstorms?

A cumulonimbus cloud