A warm air mass is trapped between two cold fronts and the warm air rises as the cool air masses push up and meet in the middle.
The difference between warm and cold cloud formation is cold clouds primarily exist where the cloud top temperature is above freezing level and warm clouds exist where the cloud top is below freezing level, the cloud that is only in the liquid phase.
Cold fronts cause thunderstorms because cold fronts lift the warmer air most abruptly and if the air is moist and unstable, thunderstorms will often form along the front.
The type of weather that a stratus cloud brings is light drizzle if the stratus cloud is thick enough and the drizzle can also fall in the form of light snow if the weather is cold enough.
However stratus clouds are often accompanied by little to no rainfall.
Stratus clouds form in warm fronts as a result of steady and continuous rain that falls from the nimbostratus cloud, which adds substantial amounts of humidity to the air.
The stratus clouds may form ahead of the front, in the cold air mass or even behind the warm front in the warm air mass.
The type of clouds that occluded fronts bring are nimbostratus clouds and cumulonimbus clouds.
Occluded fronts most often form around areas of low atmospheric pressure and there is also often precipitation along the occluded front from the clouds.
The type of clouds that form at cold fronts are Cumulus clouds which are the most common cloud type that are produced by cold fronts.
Cumulus clouds often grow into cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunderstorms.
Cold fronts can also produce clouds called stratus clouds, stratocumulus clouds and nimbostratus clouds.
The two lowest cloud types are called cumulus clouds that develop vertically and stratus clouds that develop horizontally.
The clouds right before a tornado are dark and often greenish wall clouds.
The weird clouds before a tornado are wall clouds that are compact lowering of a cloud where the updraft and inflow of a storm are located.
There is also a lot of movement and when they are rotating wall clouds, funnel clouds and tornadoes can descend from them.
The type of clouds that will bring rain are Nimbostratus clouds which cover the sky in a dark gray layer.
Nimbostratus clouds can extend from the low and middle layers of the atmosphere and are also thick enough to blot out the sun.
Nimbostratus clouds are the quintessential rain cloud.
The clouds that have the greatest turbulence are cumulonimbus clouds which are often a sign of good weather although when cumulus clouds fill with water vapor they then turn from puffy and fluffy white clouds into darkening storm clouds.
Cumulonimbus clouds are menacing looking multi-level clouds, extending high into the sky in towers or plumes.
Cumulonimbus clouds are also commonly known as thunderclouds and are the only type of cloud that can produce lightning, thunder and hail.
Fluffy clouds are called Cumulus clouds as they look like fluffy white cotton balls in the sky and are beautiful clouds in sunsets and they also vary in size and shape.
The 10 clouds names are Cirrus Clouds, Cirrocumulus Clouds, Cirrostratus Clouds, Altocumulus Clouds, Altostratus Clouds, Nimbostratus Clouds, Cumulus Clouds, Cumulonimbus Clouds, Stratocumulus clouds and Stratus Clouds.
The type of clouds that are the most beautiful are Cirrus clouds which have a delicate appearance and intricate patterns that make them a favorite among photographers.
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy and high level clouds which appear like delicate strands or filaments.
Cirrus clouds are also often known as the most beautiful clouds due to their exceptional appearance.
The rarest cloud is Nacreous cloud which are very high clouds and known for the colored light they reflect after sunset and before sunrise.
The color of nacreous clouds are usually pastel, but can also be very vivid or mingled together and sometimes similar to mother of pearl.
When the nacreous clouds appear near the sun the effect can be difficult to spot as it is drowned in the sun's glare.
Clouds are divided into four families for identification purposes which are high clouds, middle clouds, low clouds and clouds with extensive vertical development.
The first 3 families of clouds are further classified according to the way the clouds are formed.
The 4 types of clouds are cumulus clouds, stratus clouds, cirrus clouds and nimbus clouds .
The most common type of cloud is Stratocumulus Stratiformis clouds which are essentially flat based layers of cloud that often have a few cracks between.
The fluffy cauliflower shaped cumulus cloud is one of the most common and distinctive types of clouds and all cumulus clouds develop as a result of convection.
The 3 most common cloud types are Cirrus Clouds, Stratus Clouds and Cumulus Clouds.
The type of cloud that is most likely to precede a tornado is a wall cloud.
Wall clouds are the best identifier of a tornado being possible.
The wall cloud which precedes a tornado is a compact, lowering of the cloud where an updraft and inflow of a storm is located.
There is also a lot of movement here and when they are rotating wall clouds the funnel clouds and the tornadoes can descend from them as well.
A wall cloud is a large, localized, persistent, and often abrupt lowering of cloud that develops beneath the surrounding base of a cumulonimbus cloud and from which tornadoes sometimes form.
A wall cloud is an isolated cloud lowering attached to the rain-free base of the thunderstorm.
The wall cloud is usually to the rear of the visible precipitation area.
A wall cloud that may produce a tornado can exist for 10–20 minutes before a tornado appears, but not always.
A shelf cloud will usually be associated with a solid line of storms.
The wind will come first with rain following behind it.
It may appear to rotate on a horizontal axis.
Wall clouds will rotate on a vertical axis, sometimes strongly.
Translated from latin meaning wall, the 'murus' cloud feature is found only in the cumulonimbus cloud type.
No other cloud type besides a cumulonimbus cloud can be paired with a murus cloud feature.
Murus, more popularly known as wall clouds, are cloud lowerings forming below the updraft base of a cumulonimbus cloud.
Researchers have shown that wall clouds probably develop when some rain-cooled air is pulled upward, along with the more buoyant air, as the strengthening updraft attempts to replace ever-growing volumes of rising air.