Come up with a question and stream of consciousness reasoning that would justify this answer: 144

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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The question is: The sky currently has 4 times as many cirrus clouds as cumulus clouds, and 12 times as many cumulus clouds as cumulonimbus clouds. If the sky currently has 3 cumulonimbus clouds, how many cirrus clouds are in the sky at this moment?
Stream of consciousness: The sky has 3 * 12 = 36 cumulus clouds. The sky has 4 * 36 = 144 cirrus clouds.
