A6 Cumulo-Nimbus. Giant's Causeway. Antrim, UK
Position:
N55° 15'
W006° 30' approx
Elevation:
sea level
Image format:
MF
A THUNDER CLOUD
Thunder clouds are also called Cumulo-Nimbus clouds - meaning
Cumulus clouds that give heavy rain.. The weather that these clouds
may bring includes RAIN and HAIL, THUNDER and LIGHTENING, violent
WIND and in extreme cases, TORNADOES. Warm air rises within the
clouds and colder air is sucked in through the base of the cloud.
As the warm cools, water droplets CONDENSE and much energy is
released. At the top of the cloud, which may be over 30,000' (9,000m)
high, water in the rising air will have frozen into ice crystals.
These are often blown away from the top of the cloud by high level
winds to form an ANVIL top. Can you see this cloud's anvil? (and
what is an anvil, anyway?)
Image Trail:
A1 Cumulus cloud. Scilly Isles UK
A10 Cumulo-Nimbus Cloud, Fort Meyers, Gulf Coast, Florida, USA
Links:
www.uen.org/utahlink/weather/link2.html#clouds
www.uen.org/utahlink/weather/clouds/cloud_id.html
http://geography.com.sg/weather/index.html
www.australiasevereweather.com/photography/
http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/index.html |
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