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Genus of clouds, low-level cloud
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
Cumulus_cloud
Cloud species
Cumulus humilis are cumuliform clouds with little vertical extent, common in the summer, that are often referred to as "fair weather cumulus". If they
Cumulus_humilis_cloud
Form of cumulus cloud
Cumulus mediocris is a low- to middle-level cloud with some vertical extent (Family D1) of the genus cumulus, taller than cumulus humilis. It also may
Cumulus_mediocris_cloud
Form of cumulus clouds
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
Cumulus_congestus_cloud
The list of cloud types groups all genera as high (cirro-, cirrus), middle (alto-), multi-level (nimbo-, cumulo-, cumulus), and low (strato-, stratus)
List_of_cloud_types
Cloud species
of its particles. Cumulus fractus clouds actually look like ragged cumulus clouds. They may originate from dissipated cumulus clouds, appearing in this
Fractus_cloud
Genus of dense, towering vertical clouds
Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus 'swell' and nimbus 'cloud') is a dense, towering, vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the
Cumulonimbus_cloud
Clouds supplementary feature
and cumulus clouds. These clouds are often ragged or wispy in appearance. When caught in the outflow (downdraft) beneath a thunderstorm, scud clouds will
Scud_(cloud)
Funnel-shaped cloud not touching the ground
(usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped
Funnel_cloud
Family class 3 cloud type
nimbostratus clouds, either as evaporating precipitation condenses into a cloud or as the nimbostratus cloud itself thins and breaks up. If a cumulus cloud becomes
Stratocumulus_cloud
Common type of rain cloud
means "rain bearing cloud". Downward-growing nimbostratus can have the same vertical extent as most large upward-growing cumulus, but its horizontal expanse
Nimbostratus_cloud
Rare type of cumulus cloud
vortex deforms a cumulus cloud. The clouds are relatively short-lived and is the last stage before one dissipates. Horseshoe vortex clouds are a form of
Horseshoe_cloud
Visible mass of particles suspended in the atmosphere
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
Cloud
Trade wind cumulus (or trade cumulus) clouds are formed by cooling and moisture absorption of the dry trade winds over the relatively cold sea surface
Trade_wind_cumulus_cloud
Thunderstorm cloud that forms above a heat source
a flammagenitus cloud. According to the American Meteorological Society’s Glossary of Meteorology, a flammagenitus is "a cumulus cloud formed by a rising
Cumulonimbus_flammagenitus
Type of cloud
cumulogenitus clouds occur when the base of cumulus clouds spreads, creating a nebulous sheet of stratiform clouds. This can also occur on nimbostratus clouds (stratus
Stratus_cloud
Form of cumulus cloud
Cumulus castellanus (from Latin castellanus, castle) is an unofficial name of a species of cumulus cloud that is distinctive because it displays multiple
Cumulus_castellanus_cloud
Genus of mid-level cloud
Altocumulus (from Latin altus 'high' and cumulus 'heaped') is a middle-altitude cloud genus that belongs mainly to the stratocumuliform physical category
Altocumulus_cloud
Atmospheric phenomena
thermal under the base of cumulus clouds, especially towering cumulus and cumulonimbus. The vertical extent of a cumulus cloud is a good indicator of the
Cloud_suck
Small, horizontal, lenticular cloud
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
Pileus_(meteorology)
Cloud induced or caused by human activity
condensation level, producing an anthropogenic cumulus cloud, or Cumulus homogenitus (Cuh). This type of clouds may be also observed over the polluted air
Anthropogenic_cloud
Type of cumulus cloud
Meteorological Society and World Meteorological Organisation. Those clouds some would classify as cumulus castellanus typically do not have a common base and are
Castellanus
Cloud that forms from large fires or explosions
cumulus (mediocris or congestus) and cumulonimbus. In 2017, the WMO International Cloud Atlas chose flammagenitus as the formal name of these clouds.
Flammagenitus_cloud
Violently rotating column of air
or cumulus cloud. Tornadoes are often (but not always) visible in the form of a condensation funnel originating from the cloud base, with a cloud of rotating
Tornado
Column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere
indicated by the presence of visible isolated cumulus clouds at the top of the thermal. Cumulus clouds are formed by the rising air in a thermal as it
Thermal
Weather modification that condenses clouds to cause rainfall
CSIRO scientists dropped dry ice into the tops of cumulus clouds. The method worked reliably with clouds that were very cold, producing rain that would not
Cloud_seeding
Type of cumulus cloud
A cumulonimbus incus cloud (from Latin incus 'anvil'), also called a thunderhead or anvil cloud, is a cumulonimbus cloud that has reached the level of
Cumulonimbus_incus
Genus of high-altitude clouds
International Cloud Atlas. Vol. I. pp. 27–29. ISBN 92-63-10407-7. Retrieved 26 August 2014. Palmer, Chad (October 16, 2005). "Cumulus clouds". USA Today
Cirrocumulus_cloud
Sculpture by Karen LaMonte
Cumulus is a monumental sculpture carved from Italian marble and based on the dimensions and weight of an atmospheric cumulus cloud. The work was created
Cumulus_(sculpture)
Thunderstorm where little to no precipitation reaches the ground
other event, convection will occur, and produce clouds and lightning. They are similar to any cumulus cloud but ingest extra particulates from the fire.
Dry_thunderstorm
Atmospheric phenomenon
the Earth's surface. This expansion contributes to increased winds, cumulus cloud development, and decreased surface dew points (the temperature below
Atmospheric_convection
Equatorial east-to-west prevailing winds
East Africa, Madagascar, North America, and Southeast Asia. Shallow cumulus clouds are seen within trade wind regimes and are capped from becoming taller
Trade_winds
Fraction of the sky obscured by clouds when observed from a particular location
000 ft). The type of cloud is also a factor, with low cumulus clouds sitting at 300–1,500 m (980–4,920 ft) while high cirrus clouds at 5,500–6,500 m (18
Cloud_cover
Study of the physical processes in atmospheric clouds
stratiform clouds over a wide area unless the approaching warm airmass is unstable, in which case cumulus congestus or cumulonimbus clouds will usually
Cloud_physics
Storm characterized by lightning
due to lower temperatures at high altitude, which appear as towering cumulus clouds. As the water vapor condenses into liquid, latent heat is released,
Thunderstorm
Phenomenon of the atmosphere
climate. In large-scale models, cumulus clouds need to be parameterized. The entrainment rate is a key parameter in cumulus parameterization. Henry Stommel
Entrainment_(meteorology)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up cumulus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cumulus is a type of cloud with the appearance of a lump of cotton wool. Cumulus may also refer to:
Cumulus_(disambiguation)
Leading edge of a cooler mass of air
system, although significant amounts of cumulus or stratocumulus, often in the form of long bands called cloud streets, may persist if the airmass behind
Cold_front
Conditions to be met for a rocket launch
the launch vehicle. cloud layer greater than 1,400 metres (4,500 ft) thick that extends into freezing temperatures cumulus clouds with tops that extend
Launch_commit_criteria
Digital asset management software
business needs. The Cumulus Video Cloud extends the Cumulus video handling capabilities to add conversion and global streaming. Cumulus 9 also saw the addition
Cumulus_(software)
Vortex or tornado occurring over a body of water
surface, and then stretch upwards to the cloud once the low-level shear vortex aligns with a developing cumulus cloud or thunderstorm. Some weak tornadoes
Waterspout
Format for weather reports used in aviation
Visibility OK, indicating no cloud below 5,000 ft (1,500 m) or the highest minimum sector altitude and no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus at any level, a visibility
METAR
High intensity conflagration
the pyrogenic source term, pathway from the boundary layer through cumulus cloud, and exhaust from the convective column. Since the discovery of smoke
Firestorm
Air mass forced upwards as it moves over rising terrain
Rockies. A rotor cloud is sometimes formed downwind and below the level of the ridge. It has the appearance of the ragged cumulus cloud type but it is caused
Orographic_lift
American songbook series
the Caboose are sent to go look for her by asking a cirrus, stratus, cumulus cloud where she disappeared to. Eventually, she is found after Tim and Annie
Wee_Sing
Unpowered glider air sport
indicate the thermal. The thermal rises until it either forms into a cumulus cloud or hits an inversion layer, which is where the surrounding air is becoming
Hang_gliding
Warm wind that blows up a steep slope
forms cumulus clouds. These can then produce rain or even thunderstorms. If solar heating is weakened or becomes spatially uneven (e.g., during cloud passage)
Anabatic_wind
Thunderstorm that is generally weak and usually not severe
generated outflow boundaries. The trigger for the lift of the initial cumulus cloud can be insolation heating the ground producing thermals, areas where
Air-mass_thunderstorm
Region of rotation within a powerful thunderstorm
direction or speed, known as wind shear. Second, a cumulonimbus cloud, or occasionally a cumulus cloud, must be present. During a thunderstorm, updrafts are occasionally
Mesocyclone
1935 dust storm in Oklahoma
At other times a cloud is seen to be approaching from a distance of many miles. Already it has the banked appearance of a cumulus cloud, but it is black
Black_Sunday_(storm)
Thermodynamic diagram used in weather analysis
the strength of thermals and the height of the base of the associated cumulus clouds. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skew-T. Thermodynamic diagrams
Skew-T_log-P_diagram
Temperature below which condensation occurs
point is reached condensation begins, creating clouds, or fog as it is called at low altitudes. Cumulus clouds tend to have flat bottoms marking the altitude
Dew_point
1962 aircraft accident in Turkey
an unusual route directly through the mountain range and encountered cumulus clouds during descend into Adana, causing the flight crew to navigate around
1962 Taurus Mountains Turkish Airlines F-27 crash
1962_Taurus_Mountains_Turkish_Airlines_F-27_crash
Mountain in the state of Colorado
County, Colorado Mountains portal Mt. Cumulus, with cumulus clouds Mt. Cumulus (left), Howard Mountain (right) "Cumulus, Mount - 12,729' CO". listsofjohn
Mount_Cumulus
Meteorological phenomenon
enough moisture, the water will condense from the rising air and form cumulus clouds. Thermal lift is often used by birds, such as raptors, vultures and
Lift_(soaring)
Type of whirlwind
or there may be cumulus clouds present. In some cases the steam devils may rise directly into the cumulus, in these cases the cumulus may actually be
Steam_devil
Low-altitude horizontal cloud formation
An arcus cloud is a low, horizontal cloud formation, usually appearing as an accessory cloud to a cumulonimbus. Roll clouds and shelf clouds are the two
Arcus_cloud
Weather prediction using mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans
kilometers (3 mi) and 300 kilometers (200 mi) in length. A typical cumulus cloud has a scale of less than 1 kilometer (0.6 mi), and would require a grid
Numerical_weather_prediction
Type of cloud
International Cloud Atlas. nephology.eu. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2011. Wolstanton Weather. "Cumulus Clouds". Clouds. Archived
Cirrus_fibratus
Topics referred to by the same term
ammunition cartridges for firearms Towering cumulus cloud (TCu), types of which are cumulus congestus or cumulus castellanus Tauranga City United, a New Zealand
TCU
Unobstructed view upward from Earth
occurs even more strongly in clouds. Individual water droplets refract white light into a set of colored rings. If a cloud is thick enough, scattering
Sky
Sculpture made from stone
2017, Karen LaMonte first displayed Cumulus, her eight-foot-tall, two-and-a-half ton sculpture of a cumulus cloud carved from Italian marble. To create
Stone_sculpture
American sculptor of glass and metal dresses
previous works which focused on the absence of the human body, Cumulus depicts a cumulus cloud. She described her inspiration to Caltech Magazine: What struck
Karen_LaMonte
Atmospheric stationary oscillations
may generate cumulus or cumulus fractus in its upwelling portion, also known as a "roll cloud". The rotor cloud looks like a line of cumulus. It forms on
Lee_Waves
Breed of pigeon
was taken from cumulus clouds, as a result of both the breed's coloring and their ability to fly up to 3,500 feet, where cumulus clouds form. When racing
Cumulet
1950s UK government initiative and the subject of conspiracy theories
Project Cumulus was a 1950s UK government initiative to investigate weather manipulation, in particular through cloud seeding experiments. The project
Project_Cumulus
Supplementary feature of clouds
or mammatocumulus, meaning "mammary cloud") is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud
Mammatus_cloud
Meteorological optical phenomenon
in the table above, such as the cloud-top flash (seen as the Sun sinks into a coastal fog, or at distant cumulus clouds), are not understood. James Prescott
Green_flash
Light liquid precipitation
regions are dominated by shallow marine stratocumulus and trade wind cumulus clouds, which exist entirely within the marine boundary layer. Despite the
Drizzle
Opening sequence of The Simpsons
episode has the same basic sequence of events: the camera zooms through cumulus clouds, through the show's title towards the town of Springfield. The camera
The_Simpsons_opening_sequence
Wind blowing from sea to land
boundary like a shallow cold front. When powerful, this front creates cumulus clouds, and if the air is humid and unstable, the front can sometimes trigger
Sea_breeze
Mid-level cloud that indicates unstable air
these clouds can grow into cumulus congestus clouds and, sometimes, into cumulonimbus clouds. "Appendix 3 - History of cloud nomenclature". "Stratocumulus
Stratocumulus castellanus cloud
Stratocumulus_castellanus_cloud
Dangers of cloud formations to aircraft
seemingly innocuous cumulus at 2,000 feet (610 m). This cumulus evolved into a large cumulonimbus. At first, the flight inside the cloud was turbulence-free
Cumulonimbus_and_aviation
American radio broadcasting company
Cumulus Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United
Cumulus_Media
Large cloud
develops from cumulus congestus, and its further development, under auspicious conditions, will result in cumulonimbus incus. This cloud consists mainly
Cumulonimbus_calvus
Type of adverse event
both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud, or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is also referred to as a twister or a cyclone
Natural_disaster
coastline by "dispersing charged water droplets into warm stratocumulus and cumulus clouds to seed warm droplet formation". This will be done by "dispersing less
List of weather modification projects in the United States during 2025
List_of_weather_modification_projects_in_the_United_States_during_2025
Type of altocumulus cloud
They are similar to cumulus congestus clouds, but at a higher level and with the cloud heaps joined at the base. Castellanus clouds are evidence of mid-atmospheric
Altocumulus_castellanus_cloud
1974 experimental aircraft
flight the aircraft was destroyed when it was flown too close to a cumulus cloud at about 8,000 ft (2,438 m) and the associated turbulence broke the
AstroFlight_Sunrise
Region in the atmosphere
temperature. Small-scale convergence will give phenomena from isolated cumulus clouds to large areas of thunderstorms. The inverse of convergence is divergence
Convergence_zone
Indigenous people of Oaxaca, Mexico
500–3,000 m (4,900–9,800 ft). This high elevation permits low-lying cumulus clouds to envelop entire towns during the afternoons and evenings. Like many
Triqui
American motorglider
The Cumulus was conceived as a lightweight motorglider for soaring and also for touring. It is a replacement of the earlier US Aviation Cloud Dancer
US_Aviation_Cumulus
Broadcast of aeronautical information
observation includes remarks of lightning, cumulonimbus, and towering cumulus clouds. Additionally, ATIS may contain man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS)
Automatic terminal information service
Automatic_terminal_information_service
Cloud formation occurring at the base of a thunderstorm
A wall cloud (murus or pedestal cloud) is a large, localized, persistent, and often abrupt lowering of cloud that develops beneath the surrounding base
Wall_cloud
Psychological construct
longer admire the Orion as a hunter, any more than by day do we admire a cumulus cloud as a basket of washing". Astronism, a cosmocentric new religious movement
Noctcaelador
Hills in Antarctica
observed on a number of occasions to give rise to the formation of cumulus clouds, considered to be very rare at this elevation. The hills were named
Cumulus_Hills
City in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
contrary, it is clear in the mornings, while towards midday clouds cluster ('cumulus cloud'), and disappear towards the evening. In spring, temperatures
Nizhny_Novgorod
Genus of atmospheric cloud
humidity. They are the genera cumulus, and cumulonimbus, and nimbostratus. These are sometimes classified separately as clouds of vertical development, especially
Cirrus_cloud
NOAA weather modification program
by conducting experiments on cumulus clouds. From August 17 to 20 of that year, experiments were conducted in 11 clouds, of which six were seeded and
Project_Stormfury
Dangerous meteorological phenomena
the surface of the earth and the base of a cumulonimbus cloud (thundercloud) or a cumulus cloud, in rare cases. Tornadoes come in many sizes but typically
Severe_weather
Area where light is blocked by an object
until it projects onto a reflective surface. A light fog, mist, or dust cloud can reveal the 3D presence of volumetric patterns in light and shadow. Fog
Shadow
between 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and 300 kilometres (190 mi). A typical cumulus cloud has a scale of less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi), and would require a
Parametrization (atmospheric modeling)
Parametrization_(atmospheric_modeling)
American animated television series
balloon and the kids' main source of transportation. Mr. Cloud is a sentient cumulus cloud who shares a close friendship with Mr. Balloon. It's a Small
It's a Small World: The Animated Series
It's_a_Small_World:_The_Animated_Series
First human spaceflight in history
. I almost see everything. There's a certain amount of space under cumulus cloud cover. I continue the flight, everything is good." 06:14 Vostok 1 passed
Vostok_1
Deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude
deaths. Sometimes the inversion layer is at a high enough altitude that cumulus clouds can condense but can only spread out under the inversion layer. This
Inversion_(meteorology)
Paquita (2021-11-12). "A climatology of trade-wind cumulus cold pools and their link to mesoscale cloud organization". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Cold_pool
Mountain subrange in Puerto Rico
Podocarpus coriaceus are found in the cloud forests of the highest peaks. These dwarf forests occur above the cumulus cloud bases and contain low, dense, species-poor
Sierra_de_Luquillo
Type of cumulus cloud
cumulonimbus cloud, cauda is derived from Latin, meaning "tail", this cloud type may appear as a defined horizontal cloud band or as horizontally aligned cloud tags
Caudus_cloud
Swedish meteorologist
notable for his researches into the subject of clouds. He denominated a new sort of cloud—Cumulus Cloud. In 1880, he was requested by the International
Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson
Hugo_Hildebrand_Hildebrandsson
1958 aviation accident in the Soviet Union
towering cumulus clouds with tops too high to safely fly above them. After receiving permission from the controller the crew avoided the clouds before changing
Aeroflot_Flight_04
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