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You are possibly thinking of 'cumulo-nimbus' clouds

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What are tall puffy clouds called?

They are called "cumulus" clouds, and sometimes are colloquially called "fair weather" clouds.


What is a cloud called that is tall white and puffy?

The correct answer to that question is 7.


What are the tall puffy kinds of clouds that form by vertical motion in warm and relatively humid air?

You are in Geo 1301 aren't you. >.>


How do you group clouds?

Cumulus clouds are puffy. They have flat bottoms and are low in the sky. Cumulus clouds usually mean fair weather. If they grow tall, they can become thunderheads and bring rain.Cirrus clouds are the highest clouds. They usually mean fair weather. They look white and feathery.Stratus clouds are the low clouds. Fog is a stratus cloud at ground level. They look like a low gray blanket. Stratus clouds bring rain or snow.


What is a cloud that's tall puffy and brings rain?

a storm cloud!!!!!!!!!!!! But b4 they get that robust, they're cumulus clouds. Then grow into cumulonimbus bringing rain.


What is the shape of a culumbus cloud?

They are puffy, like cotton balls. Not in any any particular shape, just round(ish).Gigantic white towers of cloud with dark grey bases, sometimes with flattened tops appearing like a pancake or an anvilA cumulonimbus formation is tall and billowing, with an anvil-shaped top.Cumulonimbus clouds have flat tops and bottoms, giving them an anvil-like appearance.stormy weather, most likely low pressures system, and gusty... and occurs during a cold front. :D


What does a tornado clouds look like?

Tornadoes are made by thunderstorms, made by cumulonimbus clouds. They appear as very tall white puffy clouds with a dark base and an anvil shaped top. Thunderstorms that can produce tornadoes also have a corkscrew appearance or with striations in the cloud tower.


What updrafts of warm moist air result in tall clouds called?

Cumulus clouds is an resault of updraft of warm,moist air in tall clouds.


What are the different types of cloud and what do they look like?

There are four main types of clouds ; Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus, and Cirrus. Stratus means "layer" in latin, and that is what it looks like. It covers most of the sky and brings light rain. Cumulus are the kinds of puffy clouds toddlers draw in pictures. They mean sunny, nice, happy weather. Cumulonimbus clouds mean thunderstorms, and they are often called Thunderheads because of that. Cumulonimus clouds are very tall and puffy. And last but not least, cirrus clouds mean a change in the weather, but they occur on sunny days. Fun Fact: Cirrus means" wisp of hair" in Latin.


Large thunderhead clouds that produce precipitation are called what clouds?

Cumulo-nimbus clouds. Sometimes they grow so tall that they develop an 'Anvil' (flat) top at icing level.


What kind of clouds are found along cold front?

Cb or cumulonimbus clouds form at the cold font associated with heavy showers, followed by cumulus (Cu) clouds. A cold front forms when a more dense, warm air mass over a departing cold air mass


Why do skies darken when a tornado forms?

Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms called supercells which consist of enormous towering cumulonimbus clouds. These tall clouds block out a large amount of sunlight.