CUMULONIMBUS
Puffy cotton balls with flat bases, rising upward
6500-23,000' may extend through a 3 cloud layers
Often brings rain/thunderstorms
4' x 5' tyvek with paper, ink, colored pencil, linen yarn
CIRRUS
Wispy, streaky, hairlike filaments, thin
16,500-45,000' may come at leading edge of warm fronts
Seen on other planets - Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
Arrive in advance of frontal systems, produce "fall streaks" of ice crystals
that evaporate before hitting Earth
4' x 5' tyvek, ink, paper, linen yarn, colored pencil, printing, screen