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What (who) is cumulonimbus - definition
Cumulonimbus cloud
![Cumulonimbus calvus cloud in [[Monterrey, Mexico]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thunderstorm Cloud.jpg?width=200 "Cumulonimbus calvus cloud in [[Monterrey, Mexico]].")
![Partial view of a cumulonimbus cloud, possibly an [[arcus cloud]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TstormCloud.jpg?width=200 "Partial view of a cumulonimbus cloud, possibly an [[arcus cloud]].")
![Cumulonimbus calvus against sunlight with rain falling beneath it as a [[rain shaft]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sunnystormcloud.jpg?width=200 "Cumulonimbus calvus against sunlight with rain falling beneath it as a [[rain shaft]].")
GENUS OF CLOUDS, DENSE TOWERING VERTICAL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY
Anvil dome; Anvil Dome; Cumulo-nimbus; Cumulo nimbus; Thundercloud; Thunderhead (cloud); Cumulonimbus clouds; Culmuno-numbus; Thunder cloud; Cu-nimb; Cu nimb; CuNim; Thunderclouds; Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus, "heaped" and nimbus, "rainstorm") is a dense, towering vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. Above the lower portions of the cumulonimbus the water vapor becomes ice crystals, such as snow and graupel, the interaction of which can lead to hail and to lightning formation, respectively.
cumulonimbus
GENUS OF CLOUDS, DENSE TOWERING VERTICAL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY
Anvil dome; Anvil Dome; Cumulo-nimbus; Cumulo nimbus; Thundercloud; Thunderhead (cloud); Cumulonimbus clouds; Culmuno-numbus; Thunder cloud; Cu-nimb; Cu nimb; CuNim; Thunderclouds; Cumulonimbus
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¦ noun (plural cumulonimbi -b??) Meteorology cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base at fairly low altitude and often a flat top, as in thunderstorms.
thundercloud
GENUS OF CLOUDS, DENSE TOWERING VERTICAL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY
Anvil dome; Anvil Dome; Cumulo-nimbus; Cumulo nimbus; Thundercloud; Thunderhead (cloud); Cumulonimbus clouds; Culmuno-numbus; Thunder cloud; Cu-nimb; Cu nimb; CuNim; Thunderclouds; Cumulonimbus
¦ noun a cumulus cloud with a towering or spreading top, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.
Examples of use of cumulonimbus
1. At their summit, for Evans, is the stormy cumulonimbus, a formation founder Pretor–Pinney calls the King of the Clouds.
2. Since summer storms were rare along the coast, cumulonimbus remained a textbook phenomenon.
3. But there was one cloud on Langham‘s horizon when we talked, and it was a huge, bruise–coloured cumulonimbus.
4. Permission to reprint/republish Depending on the disparity in temperatures, fleecy cumulus may darken and expand into anvil–shaped cumulonimbus storm clouds.
5. Kitching recalls driving along the M40 enjoying the splendour of a rearing cumulonimbus through his car window, while his wife saw only alarming road safety concerns.