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Originally Posted by ZUKO  Meaning since the cumulus is higher in a towering cumulus, then turbulence is greater. bah. I got it wrong. 
Another question that I struggled with. Is high pressure associated with what type of weather. I thought it was usually good weather but not always. |
cumulus is just a type of cloud, towering or not they are the same type of cloud. To create a "towering cumulus" there myst be a lifting force, i.e convection. As that cloud climbs higher and higer the lifting force becomes weaker and eventually that rising air must fall, creating a downdraft. The higher it went, the further it will fall, generating a greater force.
Turbulence is something different entirely, turb is unstable air caused by the uneven heating of the earth surface and other factors. Turb is associated with convective activity, but I would not consider a the inside of a towering cumulus to be turb, it is much worse.