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	Cumulus humilis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus humilis (from L humilis, humble) is what is commonly referred to as "fair weather cumulus".
		They indicate modest warming in the lower atmosphere, as can be expected in fair weather, but show no significant vertical development, indicating that the temperature in the atmosphere above them either drops off very slowly or not at all with altitude.
		While cumulus humilis may be accompanied by other cloud types, when they appear in a clear sky (see picture), they are an indicator of pleasant weather for the next several hours.
	www.ceca.de /encyclopedia/c/cu/cumulus_humilis.html (116 words)

	Cumulus humilis Definition / Cumulus humilis Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While cumulus humilis may be accompanied by other cloud This article or section should include material from Cloud Types.
		Cumulus Humilis is the smallest arrangement of cumulus cloud (Humilis meaning.
		Cumulus humilis is the smallest of the cumulus cloud formations.
	www.elresearch.com /Cumulus_humilis (319 words)

	Cumulus
		Cumulus A cumulus cloud is a Latin for "heap", related to "accumulation".
		Cumulus castellanus Cumulus castellanus (from L castellanus, castle) is a type of cumulonimbus clouds and can be an indi...
		Cumulus humilis Cumulus humilis (from L humilis, humble) is what is commonly referred to as "fair weather sky (see pictu...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/cumulus.html (61 words)

	Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus Humilis is the smallest arrangement of cumulus cloud (Humilis meaning humble in Latin) and can in some cases be an indication that worsening weather conditions may occur.
		Cumulus humilis is found right across the world, and is seen over the oceans or over landmasses, assuming the conditions are suitable.
		Cumulus Humilis is generally found at around 2000 feet and above, though it may form at higher altitudes within a dryer mass of air.
	www.theweatheroutlook.com /commviewarticle.asp?id=193 (1020 words)

	Cumulus - Wikipédia
		Des cumulus peuvent se former dans de nombreux types de situation, mais le cas le plus favorable à leur observation et la situation de traîne après le passage d'une perturbation.
		Lorsque des cumulus humilis épars parsèment le ciel, on parle de cumulus de beau temps.
		Le cumulus congestus s'étend sur une hauteur de plusieurs milliers de mètres.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumulus (502 words)

	Cumulus Clouds - 01/30/98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus clouds are very common in many different types of weather situations.
		Cumulus clouds are low level clouds and will develop vertically instead of horizontally.
		For instance, cumulus clouds that are not developing and are just dotting the sky on a sunny day are called cumulus humilis.
	www.ucompass.com /met1010/lectures/013098/cumulus.htm (116 words)

	Cumulus mediocris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cumulus mediocris (from the Latin for "moderate") is a cloud form of the cumulus family, slightly larger in vertical development than Cumulus humilis.
		It may or may not show the cauliflower form characteristic of cumulus clouds.
		This cloud type does not produce precipitation, but may evolve into clouds such as Cumulus congestus and Cumulonimbus, which do.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumulus_mediocris (91 words)

	Handout H.2.2 Cloud Symbols
		Humilis precedes mediocris in the growth of a cumulus cloud.
		Cumulus is Latin for "heap" and refers to the clouds lumped form.
		Cumulus mediocris is a moderately sized cumulus cloud that occurs between humilis and congestus in the growth of large clouds.
	www.mightytrees.com /science/teacher/h22.html (376 words)

	Gliding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soaring is usually achieved by flying through a mass of air that is ascending as fast or faster than the sailplane is descending, and thus gaining potential energy.
		In thermal flight, the glider pilot attempts to find streams of air that are moving upwards as a result of being heated by contact with sun-lit earth.
		Well-formed cumulus clouds (the fluffy, cotton-wool type of cloud) with sharply defined flat bases often form at the tops of strong thermals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gliding (2666 words)

	Cumulus - Wikipedia
		Cumulus (lateinisch für Anhäufung) oder auch Kumulus ist die Bezeichnung einer Wolkenform.
		Cumulus (Cu), Haufenwolke oder Quellwolke, umgangssprachlich auch „Blumenkohlwolken“ genannt, sind scharf von einander abgegrenzte (d.h.
		Cumulus congestus stellen in der Entwicklung der Haufenwolken das nächste Stadium dar.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumulus (754 words)

	Cumulus
		In this case above the cumulus clouds is a high level veil of cirrostratus (which gives the sky a milky appearance), and a mid level stratus cloud (top left).
		On both occasions, the cumulus clouds were developing in cool polar maritime air, on a WNW wind, following the passage of a cold front.
		Cumulus clouds can produce some of the most dramatic 'cloudscapes', often causing a marked contrast between light and shade.
	www.coolweather.co.uk /htdocs/cumulus.htm (1037 words)

	Cumulus humilis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus humilis (from L humilis, humble) is what is commonly referred to as "fair weather (A globular cloud) cumulus".
		These clouds typically occur at 500 to 1000 metres altitude and rarely reach 2000 metres.
		While cumulus humilis may be accompanied by other (A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude) cloud types, when they appear in a clear (The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth) sky (see picture), they are an indicator of pleasant weather for the next several hours.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Cu/Cumulus_humilis.htm (96 words)

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		If the clouds are relatively shallow and isolated, then these "fair-weather" cumulus humilis clouds are not expected to produce any rain.
		When cumulus start growing vertically and the tops look like cauliflower, then they are called cumulus congestus.
		Cumulus are composed of water droplets, except the wispy tops which are ice crystals.
	www.cimms.ou.edu /~schultz/c-k/columns/aug2002.txt (250 words)

	Cumulus Humilis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus humilis (from L humilis, humble) is what is commonly referred to as "fair weather cumulus ".
		They indicate modest warming in the lower atmosphere, as can beexpected in fair weather, but show no significant vertical development, indicatingthat the temperature in the atmosphere above them either drops off veryslowly or not at all with altitude.
		While cumulus humilis may be accompanied by other cloud types, when they appear in a clear sky (see picture), they are an indicatorof pleasant weather for the next several hours.
	www.therfcc.org /RFCC/cumulus-humilis-207428.html (116 words)

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		Early spring is often a good time for cumulus humilis formation because the warming sun still has limited strength to heat the ground surface, particularly if snow and ice cover the soil.
		Since the surrounding air within the high pressure cell is rather uniform in its temperature and moisture properties, the condensation level (also called the lifting condensation level and the cloud base) occurs at a rather consistent altitude over the region (usually around 3200 to 5000 metres or 2000 to 3000 feet).
		Humilis means humble in Latin, and accurately describes these smallest members of family Cumulus.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/13646/114146 (978 words)

	AMS Glossary
		Its vertical growth is usually restricted by the existence of a temperature inversion in the atmosphere; this in turn explains the unusually uniform height of the cloud tops of this cumulus species.
		A single cloud element that is able to penetrate the inversion may develop into cumulus congestus or even further to become cumulonimbus.
		As in all species of cumulus, wind shear with height may give rise to a hard appearance upshear, where cloud erosion in dry environment air is taking place, and a fuzzy appearance downshear.
	amsglossary.allenpress.com /glossary/search?id=cumulus-humilis1 (143 words)

	Mount Washington Observatory: Glossary of Weather Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cirrocumulus clouds are one of four genera that are hybrids of cumulus clouds.
		Cumulus (a heap, pile, or mound) or convective clouds are defined as many individual clouds detached and separated by clear skies.
		Besides the genera cumulus clouds, there are four other genera that are hybrids of cumulus clouds and differ from the most generic kind of cumulus cloud: cirrocumulus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus.
	www.mountwashington.org /glossary/glosc.html (2945 words)

	EXERCISE 10
		Cumulus clouds that show only slight vertical growth, as this image shows, are called cumulus humilis and are associated with fair weather.
		They are often called "fair weather cumulus." Ragged cumulus clouds that are smaller than cumulus humilis and scattered across the sky, usually beneath a cumulonimbus type cloud, are called "cumulus fractus." Harmless looking cumulus often develop on warm, summer mornings, and by afternoon, become much larger and more vertically developed.
		When the growing cumulus resembles a head of a cauliflower, it becomes a cumulus congestus, or towering cumulus.
	www.met.tamu.edu /class/Metr304/Exer10dir/exercise10-NO.html (2220 words)

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		This is an example of a cumulus cloud as it is just beginning to form, or as it has mostly evaporated (a time sequence would be necessary to figure out which one).
		Cloud type is cumulus congestus: these are clouds that are more strongly developed than fair weather cumulus and may become thunderstorms later in the day if the atmosphere is sufficiently unstable.
		This is a beautiful example of trade cumulus (i.e., cumulus associated with the tradewinds) in the Tropics.
	asd-www.larc.nasa.gov /cgi-bin/SCOOL_Clouds/Cumulus/list.cgi (622 words)

	S'COOL Cloud Chart: Cumulus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is a beautiful example of trade cumulus (i.e., cumulus associated with the tradewinds) in tht Tropics.
		This is a nice multi-layer tropical cloud situation, with low cumulus and high cirrus clouds both present.
		This is a partly cloudy cumulus scene, with the cloud base quite low, as might be typical on a humid day.
	asd-www.larc.nasa.gov /SCOOL/Clouds/cumulus.html (542 words)

	Term Paper on Cumulus Humilis Clouds
		The Development and Evolution of Cumulus Humilis Clouds In order for clouds to form, a few factors are crucial to begin their formation.
		As these cumulus humilis clouds age, the edges of the clouds evaporate, cooling the surrounding air, making it increase in density and fall in altitude.
		This is the reason for the large amount of blue sky associated with cumulus humilis clouds.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Cumulus_Humilis_Clouds-24660.html (185 words)

	Met Office: CL1 Small cumulus
		Cumulus formation is often preceded by hazy spots out of which the clouds evolve (top left photograph).
		Near coasts, cumulus may form over the land by day in a sea breeze and over the sea during the night in a land breeze.
		Cumulus with little vertical extent and seemingly flattened, or ragged Cumulus other than of bad weather.
	www.metoffice.com /bookshelf/clouds/cl1 (188 words)

	Weather Pictures and Storm Chasing - Cumulus humilis clouds
		Cumulus clouds form as water vapor condenses in upward air currents above the relatively warm earth's surface.
		Cumulus clouds are usually isolated with large areas of blue sky in between the clouds.
		Most Cumulus humilis clouds form below 6000 feet/1,8 km above sealevel, are relatively thin and associated with fair weather.
	www.weatherpictures.50g.com /humilis.html (115 words)

	Cumulus congestus
		When a humilis cloud grows vertically it turns into a congestus cloud.
		The humilis clouds simply grow in size but are just as many.
		Typical cumulus spreading somewhat to the sides when conditions are stable, that is in a high-pressure weather-area suppressing vertical movements.
	www.chitambo.com /clouds/cloudshtml/congestus.html (278 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		image:bluesky.jpg thumb150pxrightCumulus humilis, with cumulus congestus on the horizon '''Cumulus humilis''' (from L ''humilis'', humble) is what is commonly referred to as "fair weather cumulus".
		They indicate modest warming in the lower Earth's atmosphere atmosphere, as can be expected in fair weather, but show no significant vertical development, indicating that the temperature in the atmosphere above them either drops off very slowly or not at all with altitude.
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Cumulus Humilis.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Cumulus_humilis.html (173 words)

	Cumulus Humilis, Badlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		We knew the dryline would move east of us 30-40 miles; indeed, it was mixing eastward through our location at the time of this photograph.
		The cumulus clouds were becoming high based and moisture starved, hence their ragged, almost fractus-like appearance.
		Still, given the great visibility and expected slow movement of storms on this day, we knew we could catch up to the dryline as soon as necessary (storm formation).
	www.stormeyes.org /tornado/SkyPix/badlands.htm (148 words)

	DEVELOPMENT CLOUDS-CUMULUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus clouds are generally low clouds and known as "fair weather" clouds unless they begin to show vertical development.
		These usually indicate the formation of cumulus congestus or cumulonimbus clouds which bring afternoon showers.
		Cumulus congestus with fracto stratus of bad weather
	www.geo.mtu.edu /department/classes/ge406/tjbrabec/cumulus.html (121 words)

	ESCI 241 - Meteorology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cumulus Humilis – Individual, puffy masses that can grow vertically into towers or domes.
		Cumulus Congestus – Strongly sprouting cumulus with sharp outlines and sometime with great vertical development (often referred to as towering cumulus)
		Cumulus Humilis – small cumulus with slight vertical growth.
	snowball.millersv.edu /~adecaria/ESCI241/esci241_lesson09_clouds.html (468 words)

	Cumulus congestus, mediocris, humilis.
		Dependiendo de su desarrollo vertical se clasifican en humilis (desarrollo bajo), mediocris (mediano) o congestus (grandes).
		Los géneros humilis y mediocris, se asocian en general a buen tiempo, a menudo caluroso, aunque pueden ser un indicio de la aparición de tormentas a la tarde, si su aparición y desarrollo vertical matutinos son rápidos.
		Los términos humilis, mediocris y congestus hacen referencia respectivamente a: bajo, pequeño; mediano; y, amontonado, congestionado.
	www.cazatormentas.net /cumulos.html (283 words)

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		Here both schools of thought converge as the cumulus congestus is simply thought to grow, thermal after thermal, into the great cotton citadels of the sky.
		When the cumulus congestus reach to altitudes where the temperature is -6 Celsius or so, ice starts to form adding energy to the already growing cloud.
		All that I could see were cumulus humilis moving along with a brisk, dry, cool wind.
	www.his.com /~henry/chap8.htm (6536 words)

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