The area more prone to lightning in
cumulonimbus clouds is between 5 deg.
In these areas, heavy
cumulonimbus clouds will also form, causing rain showers and thunderstorms, with chances of hail.
* Crisp, hard
cumulonimbus towers indicate strong updrafts that should be avoided.
"Thundersnow occurs when there is sufficient convection in the clouds producing snow to form a
cumulonimbus cloud, which is a cloud producing thunder and lightning along with the snow as well.
He climbed to 9500 feet but encountered what he described as
cumulonimbus clouds and light icing.
Sensational Koyaanisqaatsi vibe on iPod in a jampacked Bold Street, and even better out on Crosby beachwith the tide out and scudding
cumulonimbus overhead.
The mother of all cloud dramas ( the
Cumulonimbus. This beast of a cloud is the thunderstorm.
But when levels of charge in
cumulonimbus clouds--distinctive anvil-shaped formations created from rising bubbles of warm, moist air--build to the order of millions of volts, the atmosphere breaks down violently as the air is instantaneously heated to about 30,000[degrees]C.
Today, a cold front will pass through the country, with unstable air masses and development of cumulus and
cumulonimbus clouds.
PAGASA weather forecaster Fernando Cada said the convective activity brought about by intense heat triggered the formation of more
cumulonimbus clouds or dark clouds associated with thunderstorms that bring rains.
"Low pressure associated with high temperatures in the area led to the formation of convective clouds, and these then developed into
cumulonimbus clouds.
Whenever I read about people living, or sometimes dying, for a cause, I feel inspired-but only for a moment because as I think about my life, a
cumulonimbus cloud of self-doubt hovers menacingly over my head.