A cumulonimbus capillatus is a cumulonimbus cloud with dense cirrus clouds above it, making the cloud top appear to contain hair-like structures. The...
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a cumulonimbus capillatus. Cumulonimbus capillatus: cloud with cirrus-like, fibrous-edged top. Cumulonimbus calvus A clearly developed cumulonimbus fibrous-edged...
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its mature stage, succeeding the cumulonimbus calvus stage. Cumulonimbus incus is a subtype of cumulonimbus capillatus. These clouds are commonly associated...
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stability at which cumulonimbus forms into cumulonimbus capillatus (fibrous-top) or cumulonimbus incus (anvil-top). Cumulonimbus calvus develops from...
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Mammatus cloud (redirect from Cumulonimbus with mammatus)
pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds...
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and/or tornadoes at ground level. Cumulonimbus calvus (V-57) Cumulonimbus with high domed top. Cumulonimbus capillatus (V-58) Towering vertical cloud with...
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type-specific supplementary feature, seen only with cumulonimbus of the species capillatus. A cumulonimbus incus cloud top is one that has spread out into...
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A flanking line is an area of cumulus congestus or small cumulonimbus that mark an area of widespread updrafts on the edge of strong thunderstorms. These...
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Caudus cloud (redirect from Cumulonimbus cauda)
Cumulonimbus cauda is a type of cumulonimbus cloud, cauda is derived from Latin, meaning "tail", this cloud type may appear as a defined horizontal cloud...
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Wall cloud (redirect from Cumulonimbus flumen)
abrupt lowering of cloud that develops beneath the surrounding base of a cumulonimbus cloud and from which tornadoes sometimes form. It is typically beneath...
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