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Stratus clouds are dull, flat, heavy horizontal clouds that lay low in the sky. They are commonly gray but can be white. Stratus clouds often bring a drizzle or they can bring snow.
- Are stratus clouds gray?
- What are GREY layer clouds called?
- What color are stratus clouds?
- What do stratus clouds indicate?
- What is the highest type of cloud?
- Why do clouds look fluffy?
- What is the 4 types of clouds?
- What are the 5 main types of clouds?
- How high up are low clouds?
Are stratus clouds gray?
Description. Stratus clouds look like featureless gray to white sheets of cloud. They can be composed of water droplets, supercooled water droplets, or ice crystals depending upon the ambient temperature.
What are GREY layer clouds called?
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What color are stratus clouds?
Stratus clouds are low and have a uniform gray in color and can cover most or all of the sky. Stratus clouds can look like a fog that doesn't reach the ground. Light mist or drizzle is sometimes falling when stratus clouds are in the sky.
What do stratus clouds indicate?
Stratus clouds mean rain if it is warm and snow if it is cold. They look like a huge gray blanket that hangs low in the sky. Sometimes stratus clouds are on the ground or very near the ground, and then we call them fog.
What is the highest type of cloud?
Cirrus clouds are the highest of all clouds and are composed entirely of ice crystals. Cirrus clouds are precipitating clouds, although the ice crystals evaporate high above the earth's surface.
Why do clouds look fluffy?
When warm air rises from the ground, it carries water vapor with it. When the water vapor meets the cold air found high in the sky, the gas condenses to liquid and forms cumulus clouds. While these fluffy-white clouds look like soft pillows of cotton, they are actually composed of small water droplets.
What is the 4 types of clouds?
The Four Core Types of Clouds
- Cirro-form. The Latin word 'cirro' means curl of hair. ...
- Cumulo-form. Generally detached clouds, they look like white fluffy cotton balls. ...
- Strato-form. From the Latin word for 'layer' these clouds are usually broad and fairly wide spread appearing like a blanket. ...
- Nimbo-form.
What are the 5 main types of clouds?
Ten Basic Clouds
- Cirrus (Ci), Cirrocumulus (Cc), and Cirrostratus (Cs) are high level clouds. ...
- Altocumulus (Ac), Altostratus (As), and Nimbostratus (Ns) are mid-level clouds They are composed primarily of water droplets. ...
- Cumulus (Cu), Stratocumulus (Sc), Stratus (St), and Cumulonimbus (Cb) are low clouds composed of water droplets.
How high up are low clouds?
Low clouds occur below 6500 feet, and normally consist of liquid water droplets or even supercooled droplets, except during cold winter storms when ice crystals (and snow) comprise much of the clouds.
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