What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?
1 Answer
Rainy, often stormy weather comes with cumulonimbus clouds.
Explanation:
"Cumulonimbus" is a compound word consisting of "cumulus" (" heap" or "avcumulation") and "nimbus" ("dark cloud" or "storm cloud"). Like any cumulus clouds, these clouds form from rising columns of water vapor that condense above the ground. In an active weather system with strong air currents and lots of moisture, the clouds become larger, more numerous, denser, and more likely to produce storms and intense precipitation. They appear dark from below, though they are not made of dark material, because they are blocking out the sunlight. They have upgraded from just cumulus to cumulonimbus.
More specifically they will produce thunderstorms and showery precipitation. They are the only clouds that can product lightning (and therefore thunder), hail and tornadoes.
