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Cirrus (cloud classification symbol: Ci) is a genus of high cloud made of ice crystals. Cirrus clouds typically appear delicate and wispy with white strands. Cirrus clouds typically appear delicate and wispy with white strands.
Extremely high cirriform Noctilucent clouds are known to form near the poles at altitudes similar to or higher than the same type of clouds over Earth. [27] High cirriform Thin scattered wispy cloud resembling cirrus through which the planet's surface can be seen. High stratocumuliform Thin scattered wave-cloud resembling cirrocumulus.
Wind driven clouds, usually mid level altocumulus or high level cirrus, can form into parallel rows that follow the wind direction. When the wind and clouds encounter high elevation land features such as a vertically prominent islands, they can form eddies around the high land masses that give the clouds a twisted appearance. [104]
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Cirrus spissatus or also called Cirrus densus and Cirrus nothus [1] clouds are the highest of the main cloud genera, and may sometimes even occur in the lower stratosphere.The characteristic features of cirrus clouds are fine threads or wisps of ice crystals, generally white, but appearing grey when dense and seen against the light.
Cirrus uncinus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus uncinus is derived from Latin, meaning "curly hooks". Also known as mares' tails, these clouds are generally sparse in the sky and very thin. [1] The clouds occur at high altitudes, at a temperature of about −50 to −40 °C (−
There will be high cirrus clouds, which are thin, wispy, transparent and tissue-paper-like, along much of the eclipse path Monday. The good news is that high cirrus clouds are not enough to ...
Southwest Florida: In Southwest Florida, there weren't any clouds at 7 a.m., but some high, cirrus clouds could move in by the time of the eclipse this afternoon. "Viewing should be OK," said Paul ...