Why when passing through clouds in an aeroplane do you get turbulence?

Question

after all they are not solid so why get that bumpy ride??

Answer 1

The irregular and instantaneous motions of air which is made up of a number of small of eddies that travel in the general air current. Atmospheric turbulence is caused by random fluctuations in the wind flow. It can be caused by thermal or convective currents, differences in terrain and wind speed, along a frontal zone, or variation in temperature and pressure. so it is not caused by clouds . hope this helps

Answer 2

Change in pressure

Answer 3

You can if the weather in those clouds are turbulent.  If you go through convective weather clouds like cumulous, towering cumulous and Cumulonimbus Clouds, yes.  Even strato-cu or alto-cuumulous because they are indicate of updrafts.

Also you can get turbulence from increasing or decreasing winds called shear.   There is a thing called CAT (Clear Air Turbulence).

Answer 4

Some clouds have strong air currents in them.  In fact, that's what causes the cloud in the first place.  If you have a strong updraft, it carries air to a higher altitude. At a higher altitude the air expands and has less air pressure, so it can't carry as much moisture, so moisture comes out in little water droplets, which is the cloud.  If you fly through a cloud like that you hit this updraft and it shakes the plane up a bit.  

'Thunderheads' (cumulonimbus clouds) can have very violent updrafts in them and can go up to 50,000 or 60,000 feet.  Airplanes don't fly into them, they steer around them.

Answer 5

Not necessarily