Hector (cloud) is known for its consistency and intensity. Lightning rates and updraft speeds are notable aspects of this thunderstorm and during the 1990s National Geographic Magazine published a comprehensive study of the storm with pictures of damaged trees and details of updraft speeds and references to tornadic events. Since the late 1980s the thunderstorm has been the subject of many meteorological studies, many centred on Hector itself but also utilising the consistency of the storm cell to study other aspects of thunderstorms and lightning. Hector (cloud) Hector is the name given to a cumulonimbus, or thundercloud, that forms regularly nearly every
Cloud dragon Cloud dragon The cloud dragon, also known as the Draco Cumulus Welkin, is a type of dragon in the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The cloud dragon first appeared in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983). The cloud dragon appeared in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the "Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix" (1990), and is reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993). A cloud dragon is a neutrally aligned dragon which can take a gaseous form at will, and can exhale a powerful blast of air. The cloud dragon appeared under the "dragon" heading in the "Tome of