Funnel cloud Funnel cloud A funnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Funnel clouds form most frequently in association with supercell thunderstorms. If a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado. Most tornadoes begin as funnel clouds, but many funnel clouds do not make ground contact and so
UK Government G-Cloud COO of GDS, took over as director of G-Cloud. A new version of the G-Cloud framework is normally released about every 6 to 9 months. G-Cloud version 9 went live in May 2017; as of November 2017, the release date for version 10 had not been finalised. G-Cloud had several calls for contract to establish framework agreements. Major US vendors Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google were initially excluded by the UK government in 2012 (G-Cloud 3) but AWS has since been added in 2013 (G-Cloud 4). Following hints by the head of the programme, GDS chief operating officer Tony