How I Learned To Love The Bubble (Even Before It Bursts)

2026-02-20 02:53:00 ET

In seventh grade science class, we studied how things are classified – the systems used to organize various kinds of rocks, elements, species, different types of clouds. I’ve always liked the name “cumulonimbus” – the sort of big billowy heap of a cloud that has a dark grey underside – full of water, not yet transformed into rainfall. If you see those clouds and suddenly feel a cool breeze, that’s often the storm’s “gust front” racing ahead of the rain – and a good time to head for cover.

You wouldn’t look at the rainfall and think it has come from nowhere. Looking at the cloud, you know the rainfall was already there – just waiting for enough conditions to show itself. As warm, humid air rides up over the wedge of cooler air, the cloud builds – water vapor beading into droplets, gathering weight until they finally let go as rain....

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