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
Stratocumulus cloud with two or more layers or sheets. Stratocumulus duplicatus is common on species lenticularis or lenticular cloud. Stratocumulus Lacunosus clouds are very uncommon. They only occur when there are localized downdrafts striking through the stratocumuliform cloud. Stratocumulus Mamma is a type of mammatus cloud. Stratocumulus Virga is a form of precipitation that evaporates in mid-air and doesn't reach the ground. Stratocumulus Praecipitatio is a form of precipitation that reaches the ground as light rain or snow. Stratocumulus Cumulomutatus the specific type of stratocumulus clouds, are flat and elongated. They form in the evening, when updrafts caused by convection decrease making