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cumulus clouds

  1. Large, white, puffy clouds that generally appear during fair weather , although they also form thunderheads on hot days. Some carry rain.


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And I love these wonderful fat cumulus clouds that we get in the sky.

In the afternoon small cumulus clouds arose in the horizon, and we again put forward under a temperature of 95 degrees.

That afternoon we noticed very fine iridescent colouring in cirro-cumulus clouds as they crossed the sun.

Earlier in the year, a double corona had been seen when the moon was shining through cirro-cumulus clouds.

It is of interest to note the appearance of the sky when cumulus clouds are present.

Cumulus clouds on sunny days are generally at altitudes of 4000 to 7000 feet.

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