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

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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 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 thunderstorms?

Cirrus clouds are high-altitude clouds made up of ice crystals and are not typically associated with thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are usually produced by cumulonimbus clouds, which are large, puffy clouds that form at lower altitudes and are associated with strong updrafts and severe weather.


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.


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

one is coller


What are the 5 types of clouds?

The five main types of clouds are cirrus (high-altitude, wispy clouds), cumulus (fluffy, white clouds), stratus (layered clouds covering the sky), nimbus (rain-bearing clouds), and cumulonimbus (towering clouds that bring thunderstorms).


What are feather like clouds called?

High, wispy clouds are generally categorized as cirrus clouds.


What are cirrus stratus cimulus and cumolonimbus all types of?

They are all types of clouds. Cirrus clouds are wispy, high-altitude clouds. Stratus clouds are low, layered clouds that can bring rain. Cumulus clouds are puffy, white clouds associated with fair weather. Cumulonimbus clouds are towering clouds that can produce thunderstorms and severe weather.


What clouds are the opposite of cirrus?

There are three types of clouds; cirrus, stratus and cumulus. Cirrus clouds are curly looking while stratus clouds are flat or layered. The cumulus clouds are the largest, and most opposite to the cirrus clouds.


How do you use cirrus in a sentence?

cirrus clouds are clouds that are in the sky.


What clouds are higher than cirrus clouds?

there is no other cloud higher than a cirrus cloud


Do thunderstorms and tornadoes come from nimbostratus clouds?

No. Thunderstorms form from cumulonimbus clouds, and tornadoes form from thunderstorms. Cucmulonimbus clouds develop in highly unstable atmosphere, while nimbo stratus indicates a fairly stable atmosphere.