why are clouds substantially more flat on the bottom?

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on a long drive and just noticed clouds are a lot more flat on the bottom side compared to the top?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

 As warm air rises, the water vapour remains invisible until the air cools enough for it to condense into water droplets. The altitude where that happens marks the bottom of thecloud.

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