The monsoon was active over the northernmost parts of Australia. This sounds very pleasant. At the MetLink school in Muscat, Oman, we had a surprise today. To find websites that might help answer this question, click here . Small cumulus clouds look like balls of cotton wool .
Bigger ones look like cauliflowers.
Cumulonimbus clouds look like cauliflowers with anvil tops, and these clouds give showers of rain, hail or snow. They increase during the day because the ground is heated by the sun during the day, creating buoyant bubbles. The ground is heated strongly in Zambia and Zimbabwe at his time of year, when the midday sun is almost overhead. In these countries, this is the rainy season. However, rainfall amounts reported today by the MetLink schools in Zambia and Zimbabwe were small.