What kind of weather will cumulus clouds bring?

Cumulus clouds are mainly composed of water droplets, but sometimes accompanied by ice crystals. Cumulus clouds are mainly formed by condensation of water vapor by air convection, so the shape characteristics of cumulus clouds have a great relationship with air convection.

At the same time, cumulus clouds often appear in humid or tropical areas, but sometimes they also appear in relatively dry areas. Cumulus clouds formed in the afternoon are likely to have showers.

Extended data:

Cumulus clouds are mostly formed in the summer afternoon, with the appearance of isolated dispersion, flat cloud bottom and raised cloud top. The formation of cumulus clouds is always related to upward convection in unstable atmosphere.

Whether cumulus clouds can be formed by convection depends not only on condensation conditions, but also on the height of convection energy. If the maximum height that convection can reach is higher than the condensation height, cumulus clouds will form, otherwise, cumulus clouds will not form.

The stronger the convection, the greater the difference between the upper convection limit and the condensation height, and the greater the thickness of cumulus. The horizontal range of convection rising area is wide, and the horizontal range of cumulus is large.

Light cumulonimbus, dense cumulonimbus and cumulonimbus are different stages of cumulonimbus development. Cumulus generated by thermal convection in air mass is the most typical. In summer, the ground is strongly radiated by the sun, and the ground temperature is very high, which further heats the near-surface gas layer.

Due to the inhomogeneity of the earth's surface, the air in some places is seriously heated, and the air in some places is humid, so gas blocks with slightly different temperature, humidity and density from those around are produced in the atmosphere near the ground.

The internal temperature of these air blocks is relatively high, and they float with the wind due to the buoyancy of the surrounding air, constantly living and disappearing. The larger air mass rises at a higher height, and when it reaches above the condensation height, it forms a convective monomer.

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