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You probably mean Cirrus clouds, which are clouds made of ice crystals.
There're several variations, including Cirrostratus and Cirrocumulus, but the clouds with the most prominent "wisps" or "curles" are Cirrus.
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Clouds that form in layers?
Layered clouds, cirrocumulus clouds, are high level clouds. They form above 20,000 feet where it is cold. They are composed of ice crystals.
Why is the troposphere is called turbulent sphere?
In our atmosphere there are different layers and Troposphere is the lowest layer , which extend up to a height of 10 km. It is called turbulent sphere as it contains air (N2, O2, CO2 )much water vapours and clouds .
Clouds are named by their shape and?
by where they form in the atmosphere and their shape- ombudsmanHoward noted that there are three basic shapes to clouds:heaps of separated cloud masses with flat bottoms and cauliflower tops, which he named cumulus (Latin for heap);layers of cloud much wider than they are thick, like a blanket or a mattress, which he named stratus (Latin for layer);wispy curls, like a child's hair, which he called cirrus (Latin for curl).To clouds generating precipitation, he gave the name nimbus (Latin for rain).Clouds are found in three layers in the lower atmosphere. Thus, with four types of clouds and three layers, we come up with 12 major cloud types that have evolved from Howard's pioneering work.Heaps:Cumulus familyFair weather cumulusSwelling cumulusCumulus congestusLayers: Stratus familyStratusaltostratuscirrostratusLayered HeapsstratocumulusaltocumuluscirrocumulusPrecipitating cloudscumulonimbuscirrusnimbostratus
What are white puffy clouds with flat bottoms called?
The clouds that are puffy masses formed by vertically rising air are commonly known as thunderheads. These clouds, with the scientific name of cumulonimbus, may produce severe weather such as lightning, hail, and even tornadoes.
What are high clouds made of ice crystals is called?
cirrus
What is the clouds that form in flat layers called?
Clouds in flat layers are called stratus.
The layers of gases that surrounds the earth and contains clouds is called the?
Atmosphere.
Which clouds look like curly wisps of hair?
Cirrus clouds, specifically cirrus uncinus clouds, can resemble curly wisps of hair. These high-altitude clouds form in the upper atmosphere and often have a thin, delicate appearance with distinct curly or wispy strands.
What are layers of rain clouds called?
Im not really sure...BUT!.....I know it's either Nimbo or Cirrostatus clouds
What clouds extend through all layers?
The clouds that are known to extend through all the layers are the cumulonimbus clouds. They can do this because they are stacked vertically.
What are clouds that are formed in layers?
Stratus is the cloud in flat layers
What are layers of rain called?
Im not really sure...BUT!.....I know it's either Nimbo or Cirrostatus clouds
Clouds that form in a blanket like layers are?
the answer is stratus clouds!:)
What clouds that form in flat layers?
Stratus is the cloud in flat layers
How many cloud layers does Jupiter have?
Jupiter has 3 layers of clouds.
What cloud form in layers?
Clouds that form in flat layers are known as Stratus clouds, from the Latin word strato, meaning" spread out."
What is the name of the cloud that covers large areas and form in layers?
Stratus Clouds are clouds that cover large areas and form in layers.
