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the highest clouds, painting fair weather warnings in pure ice five miles up.
means A type of high-altitude cloud made of ice crystals, appearing as thin, wispy streaks or curls across the sky.
from Straight from the Latin cirrus, meaning a curl, ringlet, or tuft of hair — also used for the curling tendrils of plants and the feathery fringe of feathers. The English naturalist Luke Howard borrowed it in the early 19th century when he devised the cloud-naming system we still use, choosing a word that captured those delicate, hair-like streaks combed across the upper sky.
- made of
- ice crystals, never water droplets
- altitude
- often above 20,000 feet
- weather omen
- signals warm front and rain incoming
- latin root
- means curl or tuft of hair
- speed
- crystals fall but never reach ground
cirrus clouds — wispy ice crystal clouds found at altitudes above 20,000 feet in earth's atmosphere
cirrus aircraft — single-engine aircraft manufacturer founded in 1984, famous for parachute safety system