Cumulus clouds are probably the prettiest clouds in the sky. I can remember many a warm day laying on my back in the grass watching these puffy clouds and finding familiar shapes among the clouds in my imagination...a rabbit, horse, unicorn, you know that kind of stuff kids used to do when they were bored and didn't have X-Boxes or PS-4's. Cumulus clouds form close to the ground when warm air rises and meets cooled, sinking air. Many cumulus clouds are associated with good weather, but not always. Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with wild and sometimes violent weather. Cumulonimbus clouds are usually flat on the bottom because they carry so much moisture, the moisture collects and sinks to the bottom of the cloud making it look dark, and scary. Altocumulus is another type of cumulus cloud that sits higher in the sky than the cumulonimbus clouds. Altocumulus clouds usually bring evening rains when the cool evening air meets the warm air from the ground right after the sun has set.
The lumpiness of cumulus clouds is caused by pockets of trapped air inside the clouds making the edges bumpy. Appreciate these beautiful clouds because they only last from 5 to 45 minutes and then "poof", they are gone. If you can capture a picture of an awesome cloud...it is priceless, only to be seen again by looking at a picture.
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michael
4/26/2019 01:57:42 pm
if anybody dares to disobey you will die, I am first to comment and last to comment for the weekend
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Ryker Bement
4/26/2019 10:25:28 pm
Those clouds look REALLY cool.
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italia
4/27/2019 08:34:04 pm
BUNNYS!!!!!!Oh and I am second!!
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Zach
4/28/2019 08:25:28 am
Michael, you are not going to be the last to comment cause I claim third. Cumulus clouds look like fluffy cotton candy.
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Jackson Baird
4/28/2019 09:25:26 am
Well Well Well, what do we have here. Micheal you are very wrong. If I am right, according to my research I am the last to comment for the weekend. Those orange clouds also look really pretty.
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Maddie
4/28/2019 03:14:59 pm
You are all very wrong, I am last to comment for the weekend, sorry but it is true. Also, I claim fourth. Also, that cloud that looked like a tornado is my favorite cloud, it is so cool.
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Zach
4/28/2019 08:16:01 pm
For the last time, I am the last to comment. I claim fifth.
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Andrew
4/28/2019 08:37:11 pm
Actually I am last and will be. I am first for the rest of the year after Michel. Those clouds look like lava floating.
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Michael mandaa
4/28/2019 10:17:03 pm
u fools, can’t u see I am the last of this weekend
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Michael mandaa
4/28/2019 10:18:25 pm
That cloud man looked photoshopped
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