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cumulus
Definição1
A principal cloud type (cloud genus) in the form of individual, detached elements that are generally dense and posses sharp nonfibrous outlines.
Fonte1
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 08 jun. 2021.
Fonte2
ESTADOS UNIDOS. Federal Aviation Administration. Advisory circular: aviation weather. [Washington, DC]: FAA, 23 aug. 2016. (AC n. 00-6B).
Nota adicional1
Acronym: Cu.
Contexto
During summer afternoons, scattered cumulus clouds forming over the interior occasionally grow into thundershowers.
Subárea1
Aeronautical Meteorology
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