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=== Tropical cyclones === [[File:Isabel 2003-09-10 1640Z.jpg|thumb|alt=A picture showing the vast shield of cirrus clouds accompanying Hurricane Isabel in 2003|A vast shield of cirrus clouds accompanying the west side of [[Hurricane Isabel]]]]Sheets of cirrus clouds commonly fan out from the [[eye (cyclone)|eye walls]] of tropical cyclones.<ref name="cirrus-detection"/> (The eye wall is the ring of storm clouds surrounding the eye of a tropical cyclone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/tc_structure|title=Tropical Cyclone Structure|access-date=18 March 2022|website=NWS JetStream|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116033142/https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/tc_structure|url-status=live}}</ref>) A [[Central dense overcast|large shield of cirrus]] and [[cirrostratus cloud|cirrostratus]] typically accompanies the high altitude [[outflow (meteorology)|outflowing winds]] of tropical cyclones,<ref name="cirrus-detection"/> and these can make the underlying [[rain band|bands of rain]]—and sometimes even the eye—difficult to detect in satellite photographs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_training/tropical_cyclones/ssmi/composite/index.html|title=Tropical Cyclone SSMI – Composite Tutorial|publisher=[[United States Navy]]|access-date=18 February 2011|archive-date=4 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204103432/http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_training/tropical_cyclones/ssmi/composite/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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