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The most common form of high-level clouds are thin and often wispy cirrus clouds. Typically found at heights greater than 20,000 feet (6,000 meters), cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of supercooled water droplets.
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; This picture shows cirrus clouds. Cirrus clouds are the highest clouds. They usually mean fair weather. They look white and feathery. ... Home Page ; Cumulus Clouds ; Cirrus Clouds ; Stratus Clouds ; Cloud Game ; Weather Books ; Cloud Links ; More Clouds ; Above the Clouds ;
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; These pictures show stratus clouds. Stratus clouds are the low clouds. Fog is a stratus cloud at ground level. They look like a low gray blanket. Stratus clouds bring rain ... Home Page ; Cumulus Clouds ; Cirrus Clouds ; Stratus Clouds ; Cloud Game ; Weather Books ; Cloud Links ; More Clouds ; Above the Clouds ;
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USATODAY.com Latest News ... Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds that usually form above 18,000 feet. These clouds are blown by strong westerly winds aloft into streamers known as "mares' tails" Cirrus clouds generally move from west to east across the sky and usually "point" to fair weather.
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Cirrus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cirrus clouds generally refer to atmospheric clouds that are characterized by thin, wisplike strands, often accompanied by tufts, leading to their common (non-standard) name of mare's tail . Someti...
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; Photograph of cirrus clouds; Click on image for full size version (64K JPG); Courtesy of Lisa Gardiner ... Cirrus clouds are the most common of the High Cloud (5000-13000m) group. They are composed entirely of ice and consist of long, thin, wispy streamers. They are commonly known as "mare's tails" because of...
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Cirrus Clouds are thin, wispy clouds that usually form above 18,000 feet. These clouds generally move from west to east across the sky and usually "point" to fair weather. Cirrus clouds form when water vapor undergoes deposition and forms ice crystals.
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Cirrus clouds.jpg; 6,684 bytes; ... Cirrus fibratus.jpg; 104,495 bytes; ... Pages in category "Cirrus clouds"
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