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2007-03-01 17:01:00 · 5 answers · asked by pamartin619 1 in Science & Mathematics Weather

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Cirrus clouds are higher. Cirrus clouds are a thin and usually spread out. Stratus clouds are much bigger, thicker, puffier and are at a lower altitude. They can eventually turn into a bigger cloud which produces thunderstorms and those are then called cumulonimbus.

2007-03-01 17:18:30 · answer #1 · answered by lyons_ut 2 · 0 0

Cirrus clouds.

2007-03-02 06:05:21 · answer #2 · answered by Shreyan 4 · 0 0

cirrus my friend, I am not sure what a status cloud is, you probably meant stratus. However there is a cloud called a cirrostratus cloud which is very high but also uniform across the sky.

2007-03-02 17:41:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Cirrus clouds are higher. In terms of altitude,the clouds are classified as low,middle(or medium) and high clouds.Cirrus, Cirrostratus and cirrocumulus are referred to as high clouds .Approximately, they are at a height of 5 to 13 kms.Cirrous clouds have a fibrous appearance or a silky sheen or both sometimes appearing in the form of white patches or narrow bands .They can be seen somtimes as a ring of cirrous clouds on the outer edges of severe cyclonic storms changing to Nimbostratus clouds in the region of hurricane winds.

2007-03-02 08:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0 0

cirrus

2007-03-02 01:11:18 · answer #5 · answered by Justin 6 · 0 0

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