A cumulonimbus cloud over eastern Georgia photographed on August 9th, 2024 Marshall Shepherd Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface.

Cumulonimbus clouds Towering, dense clouds with a flat, anvil-shaped top. Develops from cumulus clouds and can reach great heights, often associated with thunderstorms.

Strange clouds in the sky Strange clouds in the sky "More commonly known as thunderclouds, cumulonimbus is the only cloud type that can produce hail, thunder and lightning," the Met Office said.

Mammatus cloud: A drooping cumulonimbus cloud in its latter stage of development (has a pouch-like appearance). These clouds are often are seen hanging from the anvil of a severe thunderstorm, but ...

A towering cumulonimbus cloud, also known as a thunderstorm or thunderhead, moved over southern Clinton and northern Clay Counties in Missouri. It passed about 40 miles north of downtown Kansas City.

NORFOLK, Va. — Technically called “ cumulonimbus flammagenitus,” pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a rare weather phenomenon caused by intense heat. These towering clouds form when extreme heat ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Large cumulonimbus clouds filled the sky on Monday night ahead of record-setting heat and the first 100 degree day. We received several photos from viewers of the sunset and clouds.

Photo of a cumulonimbus cloud over Salt Lake County on Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Photo courtesy Alan Brownlee via 2News' Chime In; used by permission) ...

From towering cumulonimbus clouds that signal severe thunderstorms to the eerie, pouch-like mammatus clouds often associated with turbulent weather, each cloud formation carries unique information.

From towering cumulonimbus clouds that signal severe thunderstorms to the eerie, pouch-like mammatus clouds often associated with turbulent weather, each cloud formation carries unique information.