A cumulonimbus incus is a mature thunderstorm cloud generating many dangerous elements.
Lightning: this storm cloud is capable of producing bursts of cloud-to-ground lightning.
Hail: hailstones may fall from this cloud if it is a highly unstable environment (which favours a more vigorous storm updraft).
Heavy rain: this cloud may drop several inches (centimetres) of rain in a short amount of time. This can cause flash flooding.
Strong wind: gale-force winds from a downburst may occur under this cloud.
Tornadoes: in severe cases (most commonly with supercells), it can produce tornadoes. They are not directly produced by cumulonimbus incus but rather produced by supercells which come from cumulonimbus incus.
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Cumulonimbus incus over Africa, seen from the International Space Station
Cumulonimbus clouds can be powerful. If the correct atmospheric conditions are met, they can grow into a supercell storm. This cloud may be a single-cell thunderstorm or one cell in a multicellular thunderstorm. They are capable of producing severe storm conditions for a short amount of time.
cumulonimbus, incus, cumulonimbus, incus, from, latin, incus, anvil, also, called, anvil, cloud, cumulonimbus, cloud, that, reached, level, stratospheric, stability, formed, characteristic, flat, anvil, shaped, signifies, thunderstorm, mature, stage, succeedin. A cumulonimbus incus from Latin incus anvil also called an anvil cloud is a cumulonimbus cloud that has reached the level of stratospheric stability and has formed the characteristic flat anvil shaped top 1 It signifies a thunderstorm in its mature stage succeeding the cumulonimbus calvus stage 2 Cumulonimbus incus is a subtype of cumulonimbus capillatus These clouds are commonly associated with severe weather including heavy rain downbursts and occasionally a tornado Cumulonimbus incusA cumulonimbus incus cloud showing the characteristic anvil top shape the cloud type displaysAbbreviationCb inc SymbolGenusCumulonimbus heap cloud severe rain SpeciesCapillatus Having hair VarietyNoneAltitudeGround to 23 000 m 75 000 ft ClassificationFamily C Low level AppearanceLarge flat top cloudPrecipitationVery common rain snow snow pellets or hail heavy at times Contents 1 Hazards 2 Classification 3 References 4 External linksHazards editA cumulonimbus incus is a mature thunderstorm cloud generating many dangerous elements Lightning this storm cloud is capable of producing bursts of cloud to ground lightning Hail hailstones may fall from this cloud if it is a highly unstable environment which favours a more vigorous storm updraft Heavy rain this cloud may drop several inches centimetres of rain in a short amount of time This can cause flash flooding Strong wind gale force winds from a downburst may occur under this cloud Tornadoes in severe cases most commonly with supercells it can produce tornadoes They are not directly produced by cumulonimbus incus but rather produced by supercells which come from cumulonimbus incus Classification edit nbsp Cumulonimbus incus over Africa seen from the International Space StationCumulonimbus clouds can be powerful If the correct atmospheric conditions are met they can grow into a supercell storm This cloud may be a single cell thunderstorm or one cell in a multicellular thunderstorm They are capable of producing severe storm conditions for a short amount of time References edit Incus Cumulonimbus Incus EPOD service of USRA External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cumulonimbus incus nbsp This cloud related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cumulonimbus incus amp oldid 1176832017, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
