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cumulonimbus <pl cumulonimbi or cumulonimbuses> [Brit ˌkjuːmjʊləʊˈnɪmbəs, Am ˌkjumjəloʊˈnɪmbəs] N

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Satellite pictures showed a vortex arrangement consisting of three cloud masses and two arching bands of cumulonimbus clouds, all of which were producing cirrus outflow. en.wikipedia.org

Cumulonimbus clouds, commonly called thunderheads, can produce high winds, torrential rain, lightning, gust fronts, waterspouts, funnel clouds, and tornadoes. en.wikipedia.org

Special attention is paid to low clouds and convective cloud particularly cumulonimbus incus clouds. en.wikipedia.org

It also forms from the outflow of tropical cyclones or the anvils of cumulonimbus cloud. en.wikipedia.org

Cumulonimbus progress from overdeveloped cumulus congestus clouds and may further develop as part of a supercell. en.wikipedia.org

Open cellular patterns can often be found behind cold fronts in the cold unstable air, and produce multiple cloud types including cumulus congenstus, cumulonimbus, and stratocumulus clouds. en.wikipedia.org

Billowing cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds suggest that a cold, windy front was moving across the desert, perhaps a haboob. mashable.com

The best-known is cumulonimbus with mammatus, but the mamma feature is also seen occasionally with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, and stratocumulus. en.wikipedia.org

This means that the parent cloud could quickly grow to become a cumulonimbus cloud and continue to grow into a cumulonimbus incus cloud. en.wikipedia.org

The occurrence of cumulonimbus and nimbostratus together is uncommon, and usually only nimbostratus is found at a warm front. en.wikipedia.org

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