Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus (weather symbol - Cb) clouds belong to the Clouds with Vertical Growth group. They are generally known as thunderstorm clouds. A cumulonimbus cloud can grow... More »
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cumulus cloud ... a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms [syn: cumulonimbus] ... Search another word or see cumulonimbus cloud on Thesaurus | Reference...
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List of cloud types - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clouds form when the dewpoint of water is reached in the presence of condensation nuclei in the troposphere. Atmosphere is a dynamic system, and the local conditions of turbulence, uplift and other pa...
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Tornado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Tornadoes co...
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Cumulonimbus cloud - Topic:Meteorology - Online Encyclopedia ... Lightning - A sudden flash of light generated by the flow of electrons between oppositely charged parts of a cumulonimbus cloud or between the cloud and the ground.
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Carnivore Heterotrophic organism that consumes living animals or the parts of living animals for food. ... Cirrus Clouds High altitude cloud composed of ice crystals. ... The major types of clouds include: Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, Altocumulus, Altostratus, Nimbostratus, Stratocumulus, Stratus, Cumulus, and Cumulonimbus.
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Explains what lightning and thunder are. ... Anvil: This is what the top of a cumulonimbus cloud is called because it resembles an anvil that blacksmiths and metal workers use to hammer and bend metal.;
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Is a tropical cumulonimbus cloud that penetrates the tropopause. ... Cumulonimbus calvus - cumulonimbus whose upper parts have lost their shape ...
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The cloud that forms is called cumulonimbus. It resembles cumulus but towers much higher, with a base at 1,000-5,000 ft (300-1,500 m). Rain starts to fall. Inside this very violent cloud, air rises rapidly in the convection cells and sinks between them.
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Definition: The tornado (also called cyclone or twister) is a violently rotating column of air, pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud, ... The total number of tornadoes reported each year has increased (see below). This is probably due to better detection and more sitings due to population increases in many parts of the country.
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