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To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. If ...
Cumulus clouds are those fluffy, popcorn-like shapes we all know. Stratus clouds are flat, gray layers that cover the sky like a blanket. Cirrus clouds are high, wispy streaks that look like feathers.
When cumulonimbus clouds grow high enough into the atmosphere, the temperature becomes cold enough for ice clouds, or cirrus, to form. Clouds made up entirely of ice are usually more transparent.
Cirrostratus: Transparent, veil-like clouds with a fibrous or smooth appearance. A sheet of such clouds can cover the whole sky. They are high-level clouds.
Douglas Kreutz Feb 23, 2018 Feb 23, 2018 Updated Mar 9, 2018 Southern Arizona skies have hosted a sort of Festival of Clouds over the past week — with the overhead show serving up everything ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — If you’ve ever looked up and seen a dark, menacing cloud stretching across the sky like a giant wedge, you’ve likely witnessed a shelf cloud.