5C. Cumulus (congestus).
The center growing cloud is just large enough (about 2 km thick) to have surpassed the mediocris stage. Slow churning motions can often be seen at cloud top. The more motion, the stronger the updrafts and the more rapidly such clouds can grow to become showers or thunderstorms.Long Beach, Washington
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