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What has a funnel and is at the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud?
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A tornado has a funnel and is at the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud. If its winds do not reach the ground, though it is just a funnel cloud.
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What happens when the spinning of air moves to the bottom of the cumulonimbus cloud?
It forms a funnel cloud.
What column of violently rotating air in the shape of a funnel that extends from the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground?
This is called a tornado.
What storm forms when funnel clouds poke through the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud and makes contact with the ground?
Such a storm is called a tornado.
Which of these is a narrow funnel of air extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud?
tornado
What often happens after you spot a cumulonimbus cloud?
The cloud starts turning clockwise then turns into a funnel
Does a tornado come from a cumulonibus cloud?
Yes. Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms, which from from cumulonimbus cloud. Usually a wall cloud and then a funnel cloud develop at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud before a tornado touches down.
What is a narrow funnel of air extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud?
a tornado :) 100%
What clouds are there in a tornado?
The funnel of a tornado itself is a called a funnel cloud, though this term is usually reserved for when it does not touch the ground. The funnel cloud often emerges from a low-hanging cloud called a wall cloud, which is attatched to the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.
Is a cirrus cloud a funnel cloud?
No. A cirrus cloud is a high, wavy, thin cloud formed of ice crystals. Funnel clouds are usually formed from cumulonimbus clouds (thunderclouds) at lower altitudes.
Which clouds develop tornadoes?
Tornadoes form in thunderstorms, which are composed of cumulonimbus clouds. Usually a tornado will form from a wall cloud that develops are the based of the cumulonimbus cloud, and will develop from a funnel cloud that comes out of the wall cloud.
What cloud forms tornado?
Tornadoes are produces by cumulonimbus clouds. Often a wall cloud and/or funnel cloud are seen before or during a tornado.
What happens when a funnel cloud pokes through a cumulonimbus cloud?
It forms a funnel cloud.
