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Cumulus arcus clouds have a gust front, [26] and cumulus tuba clouds have funnel clouds or tornadoes. [27] Cumulus pileus clouds refer to cumulus clouds that have grown so rapidly as to force the formation of pileus over the top of the cloud. [28] Cumulus velum clouds have an ice crystal veil over the growing top of the cloud. [19]
A cumulonimbus incus is a mature thunderstorm cloud generating many dangerous elements. Lightning: this storm cloud is capable of producing bursts of cloud-to-ground lightning. Hail: hailstones may fall from this cloud if it is a highly unstable environment (which favours a more vigorous storm updraft).
Cumulus fractus (WMO genus and species) – ragged detached portions of cumulus cloud. Cumulus humilis (WMO genus and species) – small, low, flattened cumulus, early development. Cumulus mediocris (WMO genus and species) – medium-sized cumulus with bulges at the top. Cumulus pileus (WMO genus and accessory cloud) – capped, hood-shaped ...
Transformation from a mature cumulus congestus cloud to a mature cumulonimbus incus In general, cumulonimbus require moisture, an unstable air mass , and a lifting force in order to form. Cumulonimbus typically go through three stages: the developing stage , the mature stage (where the main cloud may reach supercell status in favorable ...
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This category is mainly focused on clouds of the cumulus genus and related cumuliform cloud types. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cumulus clouds . Pages in category "Cumulus"
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Cumulus congestus or towering cumulus clouds are a species of cumulus that can be based in the low- to middle-height ranges. They achieve considerable vertical development in areas of deep, moist convection. They are an intermediate stage between cumulus mediocris and cumulonimbus, sometimes producing rainshowers, snow, or ice pellets. [2]