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Cumulus clouds can develop into cumulonimbus clouds, which are usually thunderstorms. All thunderstorms contain an updraft, which is a rising air current. Under the right conditions this updraft can start rotating, becoming a mesocyclone. The thunderstorm is now called a supercell. Sometimes the bottom of the mesocyclone can tighten and intensify to produce a tornado.

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Do cumulonimbus clouds appear in tornadoes?

Cumulus clouds don't so much appear in tornadoes. It is more accurate to say that tornadoes descend from cumulonimbus clouds.


Do cumulus clouds form thunderstorms?

sure, as nimbo-cumulus


Do cumuous clouds start tornadoes?

On very rare occasions a waterspout may form from a cumulus cloud. If it strikes land and dose damage it is considered a tornado. Such landfalling waterspouts are almost always weak. The vast majority of tornadoes form from cumulonimbus clouds.


Do tornadoes form from stratus clouds?

No. Tornadoes form from cumulonimbus clouds.


Do tornadoes come form clouds?

Yes. Tornadoes form from the clouds of a thunderstorm.


Do cumulus clouds form into cumulonimbus clouds?

Yes, cumulus clouds can develop into cumulonimbus clouds through a process called cloud growth. Cumulonimbus clouds are larger and taller versions of cumulus clouds that can bring thunderstorms and severe weather.


When can you expect cumulus clouds?

1) Cumulus clouds are vertically developed clouds. 2) Cumulus clouds have a flat base, which is the location of the lifting condensation level. 3) Cumulus clouds can develop into cumulonimbus clouds. 4) Cumulus clouds have a lifetime of less than an hour.


What kind of clouds to tornadoes form from?

Tornadoes mostly form from cumulonimbus clouds. :D


Where do stratus cumulus and cirrus clouds form?

Stratus clouds typically form at low altitudes, Cumulus clouds form at varying altitudes depending on their type, and Cirrus clouds form at high altitudes. Stratus clouds are usually seen as layered and overcast, Cumulus as fluffy and white, and Cirrus as thin and wispy.


What are white puffy clouds with flat bottoms called?

The clouds that are puffy masses formed by vertically rising air are commonly known as thunderheads. These clouds, with the scientific name of cumulonimbus, may produce severe weather such as lightning, hail, and even tornadoes.


What does a cumulus cloud?

Cumulus clouds are puffy. They have flat bottoms and are low in the sky. Cumulus clouds usually mean fair weather. Cumulus clouds are a type of cloud with noticeable vertical development and clearly defined edges.Cumulus clouds are often precursors of other types of clouds, such as cumulonimbus, when influenced by weather factors such as instability, moisture, and temperature gradient. Cumulonimbus clouds may be associated with phenomena such as landspouts, waterspouts and tornadoes.


Cumulus clouds are what type of cloud?

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