Cumulus. Thick clouds of a woolly type, usually with flat base low down and rising up to cauliflower tops.
Altocumulus (Ac)
As the name suggests, altocumulus refers to the middle level cloud that exhibit to some extent the features normally associated with cumulus.
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Cumulus
CUE
A indicator to an operator for control placement, tells the operator where to place controls; Synonyms: command ...
Towering cumulus clouds are often associated with cloud suck
Cloud suck is a phenomenon commonly known in paragliding and hang gliding where pilots experience significant lift due to a thermal under the base of cumulus clouds, ...
Boa Cumulus: Clouds around a mountain top.
B.O.B.: Battle of Britain
Bodenplatte, Operation: Germany's last all out air-offensive of WWII, January 1, 1945.
Bogey or Bogies: Unidentified Aircraft or sighting of U/I.
Flying around and over the puffy white cumulus clouds that fill the summer sky is breathtaking. And making the last flight of the day in the smooth, warm summer air just as the sun is setting gives one reason to believe.
A wind of at least 15 knots increasing in strength with height and an unstable atmosphere at low levels with a stable layer at altitude together with sufficient moisture will result in standing Altocumulus lenticular clouds as a signpost for heavy ...
After we got the engine started, we taxied out to runway 15 at London, Ontario's airport. The weather for our flight was perfect: light winds out of the south, scattered cumulus clouds and a ground temp of 20 degrees C.
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