convective cloud"A cloud that owes its vertical development, and possibly its origin, to convection.
Convective Clouds: Clouds formed atop rising air columns. Cumulus clouds are convective clouds.
convective cloud—See cumuliform.
convective condensation level (abbreviated CCL)—The lowest level at which condensation will occur as a result of convection due to surface heating.
Convective Clouds: The vertically developed family of clouds are cumulus and cumulonimbus. The height of their bases range from as low as 1,000 feet to a bit more than 10,000 feet.
Convective clouds and heavy rains are fueled by increased buoyancy of the lower atmosphere resulting from heating by the warmer waters below.
Convective Cloud
Cloud formed as a result of convection. Typical clouds are cumulus and cumulonimbus.
Convergence ...
CAP CLOUDS - Convective clouds developing in neutral or de-stabilizing air over a pre-existing thermal from a forest fire or other similar heat source.
SHOWER It is precipitation from a convective cloud. It occurs in the form of rain (SHRA), snow (SHSN), or ice (SHPE) ,and is characterized by its sudden beginning and ending, changes in intensity, and rapid changes in the appearance of the sky.
The incoming air rises in this zone, often producing convective clouds.Sea Breeze FrontThe leading edge of a sea breeze, whose passage is often accompanied by showers, a wind shift, or a sudden drop in temperature.
Basic Thunderstorm Types Thunderstorms occur in a variety of forms, sometimes as an isolated cumulonimbus cloud (anvil shaped), sometimes as a cluster of clouds, sometimes as a squall line, and sometimes as a supercell (massive convective cloud ...
>> Multi-cell thunderstorms: Whenever wind shear is present in an unstable atmosphere, the developing convective clouds will be tilted to a greater or lesser extent.
Landspouts form during the growth stage of convective clouds by the ingestion and tightening of boundary layer vorticity by the cumuliform tower's updraft.
hail - Precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice, always produced by convective clouds, nearly always cumulonimbus. An individual unit of hail is called a hailstone.
Precipitation that originates in convective clouds, such as cumulonimbus, in the form of balls or irregular pieces of ice, which comes in different shapes and sizes.
It is associated with the inflow of moist west to northwesterly winds into the monsoon trough, producing convective cloud and heavy rainfall over northern Australia.
Altocumulus Castellanus (ACCAS) They are middle level convective clouds and possibly they should be classified as clouds with extensive vertical development. They are composed of mainly water vapor.
SHOWER Precipitation from a convective cloud that is characterized by its sudden beginning and ending, changes in intensity, and rapid changes in the appearance of the sky. It occurs in the form of rain (SHRA), snow (SHSN), or ice (SHPE).
Showers: Solid or liquid precipitation originating from a convective cloud that is different from the intermittent or continuous precipitation from stratified clouds. Showers are characterized by short duration and quick fluctuations of intensity.
Cumulus congestus An upward-building convective cloud with vertical development between those of a cumulus cloud and a cumulonimbus cloud.
Describes the vertical air motion that occur when the atmosphere is unstable. Convection often gives rise to the formation of convective cloud (Cumulus, Towering Cumulus and Thunderclouds) and showery precipitation.
Convergence ...
Eye of a Tropical Cyclone
The relatively clear and calm area inside the circular wall of convective clouds, the geometric center of which is the center of tropical cyclone.
The zone at the leading edge of a sea breeze where winds converge. The incoming air rises in this zone, often producing convective clouds.
Sea Breeze Front ...
Continental Polar air forms over the high latitudes of North America, Europe and Asia. This air mass has low surface temperatures, is very stable, with low moisture. It contains convective clouds, turbulence, good visibility, rain and snow showers, ...
The northern Australian monsoon season generally lasts from December to March. It is associated with the inflow of moist west to northwest winds into the monsoon trough, producing convective cloud and heavy rainfall over northern Australia.
Meteorologists refer to vertical motions as convective. Horizontal motions are advective. Also used to denote the presence of cumulus clouds (also known as convective clouds); most often refers to instability.
The site features the warmest ocean water, highest atmospheric water vapor contents, and the most convective cloud regimes in the world. It also plays a key role in the El Niño phenomenon.
 See also: Cloud, Clouds, Air, Temperature, Surface
  
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