Explore: *cumulus Clouds

Cumulus clouds are clouds that have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like, or fluffy in appearance. Their name derives from the Latin

into cumulus mediocris and eventually cumulus congestus clouds when convection is intense enough, though the presence of these types of clouds usually

mediocris clouds do not generally produce precipitation of more than very light intensity, but can further advance into clouds such as Cumulus congestus

the clouds are typically taller than they are wide; cloud tops can reach 6 km (3.7 mi; 20,000 ft), or higher in the tropics. Cumulus congestus clouds are

troposphere at which each of the various cloud types is normally found. Small cumulus are commonly grouped with the low clouds because they do not show significant

recognize cumulus castellanus as a distinct species, but instead classify all towering cumulus clouds as Cumulus congestus. International Cloud Atlas v

overdeveloped cumulus congestus clouds and may further develop as part of a supercell. Cumulonimbus is abbreviated as Cb. Towering cumulonimbus clouds are typically

clouds producing less rain, these clouds being preceded by higher-level clouds such as cirrostratus and altostratus.Often, when an altostratus cloud thickens

called scarf cloud or cap cloud, is a small, horizontal, lenticular cloud appearing above a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud. Pileus clouds are often short-lived

used as a metaphor for rain clouds, because of the similarity in appearance between a mass of rock and cumulus heap cloud. Over time, the metaphoric usage