Davis County Clipper | 1983-07-13 | Page 34 | Know the Weather

Know The Weather I Does the height of clouds in summer tell us anything about possibilities for rain? THE HEIGHT of summer cumulus definitely is a weather sign to be watched. These little white cumulus clouds we see so often on summer sum-mer days build up at various levels depending upon the amount of moisture in the air. THEY ARE caused by rising w arm air condensing and if the rising warm air condenses at a low altitude there is quite a bit of moisture in the air th chances of rain are quite py THUS THE little whites,- ' mer puffs that are called i, many people-weather sigr.u are not necessarily signsoffi ' weather. They are the first ip:, , rising thermals and quite cfv they are followed by a thurr;r shower in the afternoon--summer. That is espe;:i true if they begin to forma:;... altitudes earlv on surr.T:?' mornings.