cumulus clouds

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

"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

"We hope this research helps improve predictions of rain generated by Hawaii's tradewind cumulus clouds so that we can better prepare Hawaii in this changing world."

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

Beyond lie the turquoise and azure waters of the lagoon, a white line of surf at the reef, cumulus clouds on the horizon moving as stately as galleons.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 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