Cloud Cache Series - Cumulus Humilis Traditional Cache
Team_Schnauzer: The good hiding beacons at GZ have been removed, therefore we don't really have any choice but to put this one into archive. Area on the other side of the road is private property.
Cloud Cache Series - Cumulus Humilis
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Cache is placed near the corner of Lincoln Way & Wierson in East Ames. This can be a busy location with cars going by on Lincoln Way so you may need some stealth. BYOP and please place the cache back as you found it after you've signed the log.
This is part of our Cloud Cache Series. This cache was formerly known as "Look Both Ways."
Cumulus humilis is a low to middle cloud with small vertical extent that is commonly referred to as "fair weather cumulus". In hot countries and over mountainous terrain these clouds occur at up to 6000 meters altitude, though elsewhere they are typically found lower.
They are formed by rising warm air that has been heated by the ground, which in turn has been heated by the sun. They have a limited depth (technically known as showing no significant vertical development). This indicates that the temperature in the atmosphere above them either drops off very slowly or not at all with altitude. Cumulus humilis may be accompanied by other cloud types, and they are commonly seen beneath cirrostratus cloud, created as the heat from the sun needed for convection begins to cool, causing cumuliform clouds to flatten and become cumulus humilis. In this case, a warm front could be approaching and this means rain is likely in the next 12 to 24 hours. When they appear in a clear sky they are an indicator of pleasant weather for the next several hours.
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