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(Cloud notes)

The round backed cumuli over the plains were but a handful at 7 a.m. but grew & spread horizontally until much of the country was covered by the at 10-11 a.m. During all this time they kept alog the level of 16000 ft. stratus.

From 11 to 12 I was almost started to see that they had suddenly shot up huge columns | 2000, 3000, or 5000 ft. high above the 16000 ft level exactly like the column of steam ascending from the smoke-stack of a standing locomotive on a cold calm morning. The same rounded form & slightly larger top suggested a similar force from below.