A_A ,
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At sea level air is about 1.25 kg/m³, so for one cubic kilometer cloud that is :
1 250 000 tons.

I put your result into table to show a problem at 51 km and above… since density decreases monotically with altitude.

mass (tons) altitude (km)
1 250 000 0
364 000 11
88 000 20
860 51
64 71

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/1d0d1e74-5b89-406f-a062-3f01dd2fa89c.webp

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