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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.
How do cirrus clouds get there name?
Cirrus: It's Latin for "curl." Cirrus clouds look like curls of white hair.
What is another name for a cumulonimbus cloud?
Another name for this type of cloud is thunderhead
What is the name name of a cloud with tiny crystal droplets inside the cloud?
actually there is no name of that cloud because all the clouds in the world are made of tiny crystal droplets
Name for a cloud beginning with letter N?
nimbus
What is the name of the cloud that is a high wispy sunny weather cloud?
The cloud you are referring to is called a cirrus cloud. Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds that form at high altitudes and are often associated with fair weather.
What is the name of the cloud that only forms in high altitudes?
Cirrus
What is the name of a feathery white cloud?
That would be Cirrus clouds.
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.
Name 4 types of cloud?
Cirrus Stratus Cumlulus Nimbus
What is the name of the high wispy cloud?
If you mean above 20,000 feet, it's probably a cirrus cloud.
What are facts about alto cumulus?
Alto cumulus (Ac) - the name derives from the Latin words altus = high and cumulus = mass or heap. Alto cumulus is a member of the ten fundamental cloud types (or cloud genera). It is a middle-level cloud, thus they usually form between 2 to 7 kilometers (6,500 to 22,000 ft).
How do cirrus clouds get there name?
Cirrus: It's Latin for "curl." Cirrus clouds look like curls of white hair.
What is the name for a regular cloud?
hey...umm....i think i know from last years science class, i think is cirrus..
Name 8 types of clouds?
cirro-cumulus cirrus alto-cumulus fog nimbo-stratus stratus cirro-status
Can you name clouds?
Yes. The highest clouds are the cirrus clouds, which are thin, wispy, and white, and there are cirro-cumulus clouds, which are puffy clouds. The middle clouds are the altostratus clouds which blanket the sky. There is also the altocumulus clouds which is also a puffy cloud. Lastly, there is the cumulus cloud which is as well puffy. Finally, we have the lowest clouds. the first one is the stratocumulus cloud which is ALSO puffy. there is the nimbostratus cloud which produces rain. then there is the stratus cloud, also know as fog. Finally there is the cumulonibus cloud, also known as a thunderhead. it has not either a high, middle, or low cloud. it stretches from the high clouds to the low clouds. as you can guess by its name, it produces heavy rain and thunderstorms. There are many clouds with the same features but an easy way to remember them is by the parts of its name: cirro/cirrus- high alto- middle cumulus/cumulo- puffy nimbo/nimbus- produces rain stratus/strato- low
What is a thin white and feathery cloud?
You may mean Cirrus clouds, characterised by thin wispy strands, they also have the common name of 'mares tails'.
