Cumulonimbus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cumulonimbus ( Cb ) is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. It is a result of atmospheric instability. These clouds can form alone, in clust...
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Stratocumulus cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A stratocumulus cloud belongs to a class of clouds characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves, the individual elements being larger than those in altocumuli, and...
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Cirrocumulus clouds look like small white puff balls high in the sky. ... The bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud is made up mostly of water droplets whereas higher in the cloud, ice crystals dominate as the temperature is well below 0 °C. Vertical winds inside the clouds can be greater than 100 km h-1. If you like rain,
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Cumulus: In Latin, this means "heap." Cumulus clouds look like a heap of cotton balls or whipped cream. ... Cumulus clouds usually signal fair weather. If they build into the middle or high part of the atmosphere they get the name cumulonimbus. A cumulonimbus cloud is tall, deep and dark and can bring lightning,
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Cumulonimbus (cumulus, -i, m. "mass"; nimbus, -i, m. "cloud") clouds can look like huge anvils. They are often called "thunderheads," and cause heavy rain. From Latin, the words are translated "column rain." When they are most violent, they can produce tornadoes.
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They are also referred to as "supplementary features" because they are arguably not clouds in their own right, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, who runs the Cloud Appreciation Society. Mammatus formations can be seen on any type of cloud but look most dramatic on the cumulonimbus thunderclouds seen here, he says.
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Sometimes the cumulonimbus clouds are hidden in other cloud formations, ... So what does it look like staying on ground? Well, it could be mistaken as many other cloud types being grey and covering the sky. These two pics from the bush in Ghana are typical for the formation, however. And as so often giving rain now and then.
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Meteorology Question: Is This Statement A Myth Or Fact, When Clouds Look Like Rocks And Towers; The Earth Will Be Refreshed By Showers? I believe it to be fact because that sounds like cumulonimbus clouds ... Is This Statement A Myth Or Fact, When Clouds Look Like Rocks And Towers; The Earth Will Be Refreshed By Showers?
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Cirrus clouds are ice clouds. They can look like delicate white feathers or streamers. They are always more than three miles up where the temperature is below freezing, ... Cumulonimbus clouds are a sure sign of bad weather to come--at least bad if you don't like rain and hail! These clouds grow on hot days when warm,
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