The National Weather Service says the different types of cumulus clouds are named depending on how high they develop. The clouds that show little vertical growth on an otherwise sunny day used to ...

From cirrus wisps to stratus blankets to cumulus puffs ... it varies according to the densities of the different types of clouds. On top of that, the temperature can change the mass of water.

However, if the air is particularly warm and humid, and the atmosphere above is much colder, cumulus clouds can ... of other unique and beautiful cloud types that can form as air rises over ...

There are two types of cloud cells ... "As the warm air became buoyant and rose, cumulus clouds and eventually patches of light rain probably developed. The rain would have cooled the air beneath ...