This picture of a raining cloud is disturbing. It reminds me of an infant in 
diapers loaded up with 'Terminator' style weaponry. Put another way the 
cloud is a newly formed, small fairweather cumulus - the rain emerging from 
it is a torrent from a much more developed cloud. That's the disconnect. 
Perhaps maturer harder edged clouds should be modelled for rain production? 
For a reality check there is a tremendous gallery of cloud images at 
http://www.cloudman.com/gallery1_1.html
The most isolated cloud with rain I could find was at
http://www.thewarfields.com/img/CaribMonth/RainCloud.jpg
note that the rain is coming from the center fourth of the flat-bottomed 
cloud and is backed by some vertical mass
DLM

"Tim McMurdo" <jod### [at] wohrrcom> wrote in message 
news:web.41c0a7383e800eadacb32c570@news.povray.org...
>I have been working on the media and container for the rain cloud. I 
>realize
> that the cloud itself is still hot tall enough, so I will work on tht 
> more.
> However, I think the rain column and the intersection of the rain column
> and the cloud is coming along nicely.
>
> All you great weather experts out there let me know how I am doing and 
> where
> improvements still need to be made.
>
> Tim
>
>
>


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