Cloud suck Cloud suck Cloud suck is a phenomenon commonly known in paragliding, hang gliding, and sailplane flying where pilots experience significant lift due to a thermal under the base of cumulus clouds, especially towering cumulus and cumulonimbus. The vertical extent of a cumulus cloud is a good indicator of the strength of lift beneath it, and the potential for cloud suck. Cloud suck most commonly occurs in low pressure weather and in humid conditions. Cloud suck is typically associated with an increase in thermal updraft velocity near cloud base. As a parcel of air lifted in a thermal rises, it also
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