Clouds of the Day - July 2, 2022

Today the sky featured cumulus clouds. Cumulus are puffy or heaped clouds than can be found at all levels of the atmosphere. In the low levels they are cumulus. In the middle levels they are altocumulus. In the high levels they are cirrocumulus. The first photo below shows mid-level altocumulus above low level cumulus.

The next photo shows a close-up of the base of a cumulus cloud. It formed in the low levels below 6,500 feet.

The last photo shows cumulus humilus - humble cumulus. They are also sometimes called fair weather cumulus.