|  | Infrared Imagery - Cumulonimbus Clouds Introduction | Estimating Temperature | Cumulonimbus Clouds Cumulonimbus clouds (Cb) are much larger and taller than fair weather cumulus. They can exist as individual towers or form a line of towers called a squall line. The tops of cumulonimbus clouds can easily reach 39,000 feet (12,000 meters) or higher.
Under favorable atmospheric conditions, harmless fair weather cumulus clouds can quickly develop into large cumulonimbus clouds associated with powerful thunderstorms known as supercells. Content from the University of Illinois WW2010 Project. |
