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A cumulonimbus cloud developed when air is lifted to a point that it is warmer, and thus less dense than its surroundings, causing it to continue to rise. Condensing water vapor prevents the rising air from cooling to quickly. The air will continue to rise until it encounters a warmer layer of air. Sometimes and inversion, somtimes it is the stratosphere.
In the upper part of the cumulonimbus cloud ice crystals form. These gradually grow into snowflakes and small pellets called graupel. The snow or graupel then falls, but melts to form rain before reaching the ground The rain causes downdrafts, which produce the wind associated with thunderstorms. Finally, as ice crystals bump into each other, electrons get transferred, and different regions of the storm develop positive and negative charges. Eventually these charge differences are releases as enormous bolts of static electricity called lightning. The lightning superheats the air instantly, generating a shockwave that we hear as thunder.
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What are the clouds in a thunderstorm?
Cumulonimbus
What are severe thunderstorm clouds called?
Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus clouds are also called what?
Cumulonimbus clouds are also called thunderheads.
The type of clouds in which thunderstorm form is?
Cumulonimbus clouds
What are some clouds in severe thunderstorm?
Cumulonimbus clouds
What clouds are associated with a thunderstorm?
Cumulonimbus
What clouds can form a thunderstorm?
cumulonimbus cloud
What clouds do tornadoes develop from?
tornadoes develop from cumulonimbus clouds.
What types of clouds are thunderstorms most likely to form?
altostratus ,altocumulus and cumulonimbus are thunderstorm clouds
Can cumuolnibus clouds form a tornado?
Cumulonimbus clouds are capable of producing tornadoes, particularly when they are part of a severe thunderstorm system. The intense updrafts and downdrafts within cumulonimbus clouds can create the necessary conditions for tornado formation. When these conditions align, a tornado can develop and descend to the ground.
How do you spell thunderstorm?
That is the correct spelling of the compound noun thunderstorm (rain and lightning, typically from cumulonimbus clouds).
What type of clouds are there during a thunderstorm?
Cumulonimbus clouds are present during a thunderstorm. These are large, towering clouds that are associated with heavy rain, thunder, lightning, hail, and sometimes tornadoes. They typically have a dark base and can reach great heights in the atmosphere.
