Clouds..and other weather photos

Clouds..we love them.

Cumulus: n. The word cumulus comes from the Latin word for a heap or a pile. Cumulus clouds are puffy in appearance. They look like large cotton balls. Cumulus clouds usually form when warm, moist air is forced upward. As this air rises, it is cooled. If it is cooled below its dew - point temperature, condensation will occur. The size of a cumulus cloud depends on the force of the upward movement of air and the amount of moisture in the air. The largest cumulus clouds are caused by very strong upward movements of warm, moist air. The clouds that produce heavy thunderstorms in summer are a form of cumulus clouds called cumulonimbus. Cumulonimbus clouds may extend upward for hundreds of meters.


We have enjoyed some truly great cloud formations..except the ones from Hurricane John.

[Edited on 12-28-2006 by Summanus]

Rising smoke makes a good wind indicator.

Here we could see there is a southerly wind aloft at about 300 ft.

Clouds are beautiful

This one was just north of Tijuana yesterday---very stormy



Diane

North end of Bahia Concepcion