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High-level clouds (16,000 feet or more), composed of ice crystals and appearing in the form of white, delicate filaments or white or mostly white patches or narrow bands. Cirrus clouds typically have a fibrous or hairlike appearance, and often are semi-transparent. Thunderstorm anvils are a form of cirrus cloud, but most cirrus clouds are not associated with thunderstorms.

 

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AC
ACCAS
Accessory Cloud
Advection
Air-mass Thund...Algorithm
Anticyclonic R...Anvil
Anvil Crawler
Anvil Dome
Anvil Rollover
Anvil Zits
AP
Approaching
Arcus
AVN

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