EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The three main types of high clouds are cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus. Cirrus clouds are wispy, feathery, and composed entirely of ice crystals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stratus clouds are sheets or layers of clouds. They can produce an overcast day or light rain or snow. Cirrus clouds are white wisps high in the sky. Nimbus clouds are either cumulus or stratus clouds that produce precipitation.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cirrus clouds form very high in the atmosphere, usually between 15, 000 and 30, 000 feet above ground, and occur year-round in the Keys. Type 1 cirrus are very thin and whispy, and are usually in the shape of strands and hooks, or looking like feathers or horse tails.