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cumulonimbus <pl cumulonimbi [-baɪ]> [Am ˌkjumjəloʊˈnɪmbəs, Brit ˌkjuːmjʊləʊˈnɪmbəs] N

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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

It is therefore one of three warning clouds often recorded by the aviation industry, the other two being towering cumulus and cumulonimbus. 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

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

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

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

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

A pyrocumulus which produces lightning is actually a type of cumulonimbus, a thundercloud, and is called pyrocumulonimbus. en.wikipedia.org

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

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