Accessory cloud Accessory cloud An accessory cloud is a cloud which is dependent on a larger cloud system for its development and continuance. It is often an appendage but also can be adjacent to the parent cloud system. The arcus and roll clouds, shelf cloud, wall cloud, and scud are examples of low level or vertical accessory clouds whilst the anvil, and overshooting top, are examples of high level accessory clouds. The condensation funnel of funnel clouds and tornadoes are also accessory clouds. They are associated with deep moist convection and especially cumulonimbus, the primary cloud producing thunderstorms. The pileus and mammatus
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