Wall Clouds Beneath CB Towers visual clues of storm potential
Here we have a southward view of a supercell, with precipitation in the right middle-ground and a wall cloud beneath the cumulonimbus (Cb) tower and anvil overhang in the background.
Cb An acronym for cumulonimbus.
CCL An acronym for Convective Condensation Level.
Ceiling The height of the lowest layer of broken or overcast clouds.
CB- Cumulonimbus.
CEILING- The height of the cloud base closest to the earth's surface.
CELL- An individual thunderstorm (often referred to as such on radar).
Cb
Cumulonimbus cloud, characterized by strong vertical development in the form of mountains or huge towers topped at least partially by a smooth, flat, often fibrous anvil. Also known colloquially as a "thunderhead."
CBMAM ...
CB: An acronym for Cumulonimbus. See Cumulonimbus.
CCL: An acronym for Convective Condensation Level. See Convective Condensation Level.
Ceiling: The height of the lowest layer of broken or overcast clouds.
Cb- Cumulonimbus cloud
Ceiling- The height of the lowest layer of broken or overcast clouds.
Ceilometer- A device used to evaluate the height of clouds or the vertical visibility into a surface-based obscuration.
(Cb) Latin cumulus - to heap, nimbus - violent rain
Commonly known as thunderstorms. These clouds can produce heavy rain, hail, strong winds and lightning.
Cb - short for Cumulonimbus cloud; known colloquially as a "thunderhead"
CC - cloud-to -cloud lightning
Cc - short for Cirrocumulus ...
Cumulus (Cb) A principal low-level cloud type (cloud genus) in the form of individual, detached elements which are generally dense and possess sharp non-fibrous outlines.
Congestus (or Cumulus congestus)A large cumulus cloud with great vertical development, usually with a cauliflower-like appearance, but lacking the characteristic anvil shaped top of a Cb (Cumulonimbus cloud).
If the air is sufficiently moist, then the moisture condenses to become a cumulus cloud or an individual tower of a towering cumulus or Cb.
See Cb, towering cumulus.Cubic Feet per Second(Abbrev. CFP) - In hydrologic terms, a unit expressing rates of discharge.
Tstorms: Cumulonimbus name give to tstorm cloud "CB" Cumulus meaning Puffy. Nimbus meaning rain 3. Tstorms: During the disipating stage only the downdraft is present. 4. Tstorms: During The mature stage the up & dowdraft are present. 5.
Anvil - The flat, spreading top of a Cb (cumulonimbus), often shaped like an anvil. Thunderstorm anvils may spread hundreds of miles downwind from the thunderstorm itself, and sometimes may spread upwind
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In the 'Low' cloud classification come: Stratus (St); Stratocumulus (Sc); Cumulus (Cu) and Cumulonimbus (Cb).
CUMULONIMBUS CLOUD (Cb): A vertically developed cloud, often capped by an anvil shaped cloud. Also called a thunderstorm cloud, it is frequently accompanied by heavy showers, lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail or gusty winds.
*Funnel Cloud - A condensation funnel extending from the base of a towering cumulus or Cb, associated with a rotating column of air that is not in contact with the ground (and hence different from a tornado).
centibar"(Abbreviated cb.) The pressure unit of the meter-tonne-second system of physical units, equal to 10 millibars or 104 dynes cm−2.
A back-sheared anvil often implies a very strong updraft and a high severe weather potential.
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Browse Related Terms: Anvil, Anvil Dome, Anvil Rollover, CB, CBMAM, Cumuliform Anvil, ...
Cumulonimbus clouds (Cb) Thunderstorm clouds that form as a consequence of deep convection in the atmosphere.
Dry microbursts may develop In an otherwise fair-weather pattern; visible signs may include a cumulus cloud or small Cb with a high base and high-level virga, or perhaps only an orphan anvil from a dying rain shower.
Specifically, it normally refers to a small, relatively weak rotating column of air over water beneath a Cb or towering cumulus cloud. Waterspouts are most common over tropical or subtropical waters.
The ten fundamental cloud types are: cirrus (Ci), cirrocumulus (Cc), cirrostratus (Cs) - also known as the high clouds; altocumulus (Ac), altostratus (As) and nimbostratus (Ns) - the middle level clouds; cumulus (Cu), cumulonimbus (Cb), ...
NIMBUS - Greek derived word meaning rain. Most precipitation producing clouds are called CUMULONIMBUS or NIMBOSTRATUS. Both are abbreviated CB and NS, respectively.
On rare occasions, a weak tornado will form midway between the base and the top of the storm, descending from the main Cb (cumulonimbus) cloud.
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