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What happens when a funnel cloud pokes through a cumulonimbus cloud?
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∙ 7y ago
It forms a funnel cloud.
Tyreek Marquardt
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∙ 12y agoBad weather such as lightning, tornadoes. Or high winds
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∙ 7y agoThis is a sign that a tornado may soon develop. If the funnel cloud touches the ground or produces damaging winds at ground level it is classified as a tornado.
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∙ 13y agoIt forms a funnel cloud.
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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.
When a storm turns into a tornado what type of cloud does it become?
A storm does not become a tornado; it produces one. The rest of the storm remains largely unchanged as a cumulonimbus cloud. The tornado itself forms a funnel cloud.
What are cumulonimbus tornadoes?
There is no such thing as a cumulonimbus tornado. A cumulonimbus cloud is a ver large towering cloud. Most thunderstorms are cumulonimbus clouds, and some of the strongest of these storms are what produce tornadoes.
What is the name of the cloud that produces thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds - scientific name for thunderheads (the clouds that produce thunderstorms)
Which type of cloud produces thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus Cloud:)
What happens when the spinning of air moves to the bottom of the cumulonimbus cloud?
It forms a funnel cloud.
What has a funnel and is at the bottom of a cumulonimbus cloud?
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.
What often happens after you spot a cumulonimbus cloud?
The cloud starts turning clockwise then turns into a funnel
Which of these is a narrow funnel of air extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud?
tornado
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 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.
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.
Sighns of a tornado?
A wall cloud is suspended from a cumulonimbus cloud (mostly during thunderstorms). Then the wall cloud begins rotating counter-clockwise. Then a funnel cloud will drop from it.
