cumulonimbus Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌkjuː.mjə.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs]
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  • It also forms from the outflow of tropical cyclones or the anvils of cumulonimbus cloud.

  • Satellite pictures showed a vortex arrangement consisting of three cloud masses and two arching bands of cumulonimbus clouds, all of which were producing cirrus outflow.

  • Stratocumulus castellanus may develop into cumulus congestus (and even further into cumulonimbus) under auspicious conditions.

  • This means that the parent cloud could quickly grow to become a cumulonimbus cloud and continue to grow into a cumulonimbus incus cloud.

  • Near the end of the competition the weather deteriorated with cumulonimbus clouds and rain showers.

  • Cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds bearing precipitation follow immediately after the passage of the wall-like bar.

  • It is therefore one of three warning clouds often recorded by the aviation industry, the other two being towering cumulus and cumulonimbus.

  • Although these weather phenomena are all related to cumulonimbus clouds, they form and develop under different conditions and geographic locations.

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Translations of cumulonimbus In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    積雨雲(一種高空濃密的大積雲,帶來大雨或雷暴)…

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  • 中文简体

    积雨云(一种高空浓密的大积云,能产生大雨或雷暴)…

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  • Polski

    chmura kłębiastadeszczowa…

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