cumulus clouds

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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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cumulus clouds

The results can be seen in images such as this: a luminous, tonally rich seascape of cumulus clouds drifting over the Bay of Naples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

"We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

"The day-to-day rain from cumulus clouds is critical to replenishing our fresh groundwater, but the transition from cloud to raining cloud is still poorly understood, and therefore difficult to predict," added Ackerman.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023

“So I leaned close, put on my glasses, and I saw those 10,000-foot cumulus clouds shrunken and upside down inside each one,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

Monday morning was blue and white, and everything was blowing: cumulus clouds, bare branches, scraps of rubbish.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett