What are anvil top clouds?

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Answer:

Cumulonimbus clouds.

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How high are anvil top clouds?
i would say about 30000-60000 feet high in the sky
What is a cloud anvil look like at the top?
flat and white.
Why does the top of a strom cloud flaten out into an anvil?
Cumulus clouds, the tall fluffy looking ones, have a lot of vertical turbulence, and when the top of the cloud meets a higher altitude wind, it shears off.
Why are clouds not flat on top?
Some can be, for instance stratocumulus cloud trapped beneath a temperature inversion. As the inversion breaks down through the day from heating, the tops of the cloud become more ragged.
Why are the top of cumulonimbus clouds flat?
Air in updraft reaches the tropopause and spreads out horizontally.