That cloud is popularly known as an anvil cloud, because of its shape. The technical name for this type of cloud is cumulonimbus incus. It is often associated with lightning and heavy rain or hail.

It's the abundance of ice that gives the formation its characteristic 'fuzzy' top, called cumulonimbus capillatus. If that spreads out into an anvil shape at the top (cumulonimbus incus) the storm ...

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.

Some of the moisture in that rising air condenses as it spreads out against this invisible ceiling high in the atmosphere, leaving behind a thin, flat formation called a cumulonimbus incus—more ...

Per the Universities Space Research Association, such cloud formations are known as cumulonimbus incus, mature storm clouds that have reached the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere.

A cumulonimbus incus cloud, also known as an anvil cloud, forms in the sky near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Frightened residents of Kazan, Russia’s fifth-largest city, have taken to social media to ...

Cumulonimbus Incus a.k.a. anvil cloud - what a beauty. The anvil cloud signifies thunderstorms, said Tomasz, who added: "A thunderstorm of seven miles high or more, with ferocious, often hurricane ...

A cumulonimbus cloud lit up by the sunset over Atascosa County captivated viewers Saturday evening, April 15, 2023, in San Antonio.

It's the abundance of ice that gives the formation its characteristic 'fuzzy' top, called cumulonimbus capillatus. If that spreads out into an anvil shape at the top (cumulonimbus incus) the storm ...

The photogenic cloud is scientifically known as 'cumulonimbus incus.' By Ariana Garcia , Assistant News Editor Aug 15, 2024 A massive anvil cloud was seen towering over the Houston area Thursday ...