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Cumulonimbus clouds are most commonly associated with thunderstorms. The towering clouds come along with atmospheric instability. They form when water vapor is carried upward by powerful air currents.
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What is the name of the cloud that produces thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds - scientific name for thunderheads (the clouds that produce thunderstorms)
Tall clouds that produce thunderstorms?
cumulonimbus, aka thunderheads
What is another name for cumulonimbus cloud?
Cumulonimbus clouds are often called thunderheads.
What is the most common type of cloud?
Probably cumulus pronounced as it is spelled- Cum- You-Luss. these are normally fat and spread out clouds. Cumulonimbus, howver are thunderheads or heavy Rain clouds associated with thunderstorms. In Weather talk Nimbus by itself means rain or is associated with rain- Nimbo-stratus- high level rain cloud. etc.
What clouds or wind make a hurricane?
Hurricanes are made as the sun heats tropical waters to form an area of very low pressure. Clouds form, and the Coriolis effect sets it spinning. The clouds in a hurricane are Cumulonimbus clouds (also known as Thunderheads or Thunderclouds)
What type of clouds are known as thunderheads?
probably cumulonimbus clouds.
What does thunderheads mean?
thunderheads are the little clouds that appears in the sky before a thunderstorm
What is the name of the cloud that produces thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds - scientific name for thunderheads (the clouds that produce thunderstorms)
What clouds are like thunderheads?
Cumulo nimbus.
Thunder clouds that produce precipitation are called clouds?
it depends if you are asking what type of cloud is it if it produces thunder and precipitation. if so then they are cumulonimbus clouds otherwise know as thunderheads.
Cumulonimbus clouds are also called what?
Cumulonimbus clouds are also called thunderheads.
Is cumulus short for cumulonimbus?
No. Cumulus clouds are the fairly small, puffy white clouds that usually come with nice weather. Cumulonimbus clouds are enormous towering clouds often called thunderheads as it is these clouds that become thunderstorms.
What are Dark billowing raining clouds called?
Thunderheads.
Clouds that grow vertically with rising air inside are?
these clouds are known as "thunderheads."
Tall clouds that produce thunderstorms?
cumulonimbus, aka thunderheads
What specific clouds produces thunder storm?
They are called "cumulonimbus" clouds, or "anvil" clouds, or more commonly "thunderheads".
Large thunderhead clouds are called?
Cumulonimbus clouds are often called thunderheads :)- Hope this helps
