The cloud type can form from air converging and rising vertically (clouds of vertical development), and is associated with heavy downpours of rain. The form of clouds produces the heaviest precipitation.
clouds would most commonly be associated with orographic lifting along mountain ranges.
A cloud that occupies a range of approximately 8,000 to 10,000 feet would have the prefix .

Extensive and unusual cold snaps have occurred here recently. is this evidence that global warming is lessening or not occurring? no—although the long-term trend is for warming, short-term weather patterns can still be variable. no—melting of glaciers and ice caps is making the oceans cooler, which can cause cold snaps. yes-- if global warming really were occurring, cold snaps wouldn’t happen. yes—due to global warming, weather patterns should be become less—not more—variable.