Genus cumulus: Towering vertical List of cloud types

cumulus congestus (v-59)

abbreviations: cu con (cumulus congestus) or tcu (towering cumulus)

species

cumulus congestus (v-59)


these large cumulus clouds have flat dark grey bases , tall tower-like formations tops in high level of troposphere. international civil aviation organization (icao) designates species towering cumulus (tcu).




opacity-based varieties

none (always opaque).








pattern-based variety

none (not discerned highly unstable cumulus congestus).












precipitation-based supplementary features

virga

accompanied precipitation evaporates before reaching ground.
praecipitatio

produces precipitation reaches ground.
















cloud-based supplementary features

mamma

downward facing bubble-like protuberances caused localized downdrafts within cloud.
arcus (including roll , shelf clouds)

low horizontal cloud formation associated leading edge of thunderstorm outflow.
tuba

column hanging cloud base can develop small funnel cloud.
















accessory clouds

pannus

accompanied lower layer of fractus species cloud forming in precipitation.
pileus

small cap-like cloud on parent cumulus cloud.
velum

a thin horizontal sheet forms around middle of cumulus cloud.
















mother clouds

cumulus congestus flammagenitus.
other genitus , mutatus types same small , moderate cumulus.












^ paul de valk; rudolf van westhrenen & cintia carbajal henken (2010). automated cb , tcu detection using radar , satellite data: research application (pdf). archived original (pdf) on 2011-11-16. retrieved 2011-09-15. 
^ cite error: named reference clouds - species , varieties invoked never defined (see page).
^ cite error: named reference features invoked never defined (see page).