cumulus...clouds with vertical development
also known as cotton puffs
2006-08-23 10:09:30
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answered by WxEtte 5
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Cumulus Clouds
The word cumulus comes from the Latin word for a heap or a pile. Cumulus clouds are puffy in appearance. They look like large cotton balls. Cumulus clouds usually form when warm, moist air is forced upward. As this air rises, it is cooled. If it is cooled below its dew - point temperature, condensation will occur. The size of a cumulus cloud depends on the force of the upward movement of air and the amount of moisture in the air. The largest cumulus clouds are caused by very strong upward movements of warm, moist air. The clouds that produce heavy thunderstorms in summer are a form of cumulus clouds called cumulonimbus. Cumulonimbus clouds may extend upward for hundreds of meters.
2006-08-23 10:11:46
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answered by mx3baby 6
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only convective type(increasing of air interior the cloud) of cloud will appear as if that.frequently super cumulus cloud and cumulonimbus cloud have convective air currents interior of them and subsequently appear as if huge puffs of cotton.
2016-11-05 11:38:54
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answered by Anonymous
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clouds that look like cotton puffs.? Do look like cotton puffs.
2006-08-23 10:11:30
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answered by jeanene64 3
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also known as cumulo nimbus clouds.
2006-08-23 10:11:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Are called...........cumulus.
2006-08-23 10:11:35
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answered by skyeblue 5
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yep, theyre there!
2006-08-23 10:07:36
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answered by cee 4
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