We stare at clouds all the time, whether trying to figure out what they look like or if they're bringing rain. Yet most of us ...

If there’s enough rising air, the cloud can begin to look a little more impressive. It’ll grow vertically into what we call cumulus congestus. These can begin to produce rain, as well.

The base of each cloud it flat and the top has rounded towers. When the top of the cumulus clouds looks like the head of a cauliflower, it is called cumulus congestus or towering cumulus.

Towering cumulus or Cumulus Congestus can produce light rain. Mid level clouds show up quite often in the cooler months of the year. A few examples: Alto-Cumulus and Alto-Stratus.

Very short cumulus clouds, or cumulus humilis, are what you see on a quiet day. These clouds look like sheep wool. Taller cumulus clouds are called cumulus congestus are usually what precedes rain ...

For example, Cumulus, from the Latin for heaped or puffed, describes clouds with a “cotton wool” appearance. Stratus describes a low-level layer cloud with a uniform, even base that covers ...

The clouds will thicken and start to close together. They become cumulus congestus and rain is due in six to 12 hours unless the wind changes direction. Altocumulus clouds are mid-altitude range.

Just as the sun was about to rest its weary head in Miami on Saturday, a ginormous cumulus congestus cloud erected itself into the sky. Yes, it's true.

If clouds continue to build upward, they develop into cumulus congestus and eventually into cumulonimbus (the thunderhead). Originally Published: October 15, 2018 at 9:00 PM CDT ...

The base of each cloud it flat and the top has rounded towers. When the top of the cumulus clouds looks like the head of a cauliflower, it is called cumulus congestus or towering cumulus.