praeterea cum rarescunt quoque nubila ventis aut dissolvuntur, solis super icta calore, mittunt umorem pluvium stillantque, quasi igni cera super calido tabescens multa liquescat.
Besides the regions where the winds have made the clouds thin or have dispersed them, when they are struck from above by the suns intense heat, they release rainy moisture and drip down, melting just like wax does over a hot fire and becoming fluid quickly.