Cumulonimbus Cloud: The whole world loves him; takes splendid shape of the sky.
One of the rare clouds that can swicle the attention from all the chaotic and violent thoughts is indeed the cumulonimbus cloud. I could observe that the hail has settled on the ground. Majestically swooping over gigantic towering clouds, these are the kings of heavens, their wrath resulting in both howling storms as well as splendid rainbows.
On the forefront, a cumulonimbus may seem as cloudless and the fluffy stuff, nevertheless, in the recess of its imposing mass there lurks a world of meteorological wonders. The peculiar shape of an anvil – rounded top, side edges and the bell – is evidently the byproduct of the huge pressure the wind is undernealt.
The stratospheric clouds cumulonimbus ramp up towards dizzy heights of as high as about 18 kilometers through the troposphere. Here the temperatures plunge to reach their minimum values, and water vapor in the cloud condenses into droplets making the cloud fluffy white.
The aspect of cumulonimbus clouds that grab the attention of a curious mind is their ability to form lightning. The electric field continuously increases, getting stronger and stronger within the clouds columns because of excessive accumulation of charges.
However, it can be said that this beauty of cumulonimbus clouds turns into something horrible very soon.
After this, it becomes visible as tiny drops of water. The drops formed into drops however; these drops come to be rain drops which usually fall so quickly and with such force causing flash floods and water damage.
Cooling down its temperature, it can start forming hail, which is nothing but a phenomenon in which water droplets that remain liquid turn into ice when they freeze upon colliding with the ice crystals within the cloud. Huge hailstones may generate varying in size; some may be small, but others can be the wrecking observer’s of crops, houses, and vehicles.
This is the reason cumulonimbus clouds, though responsible for the most devastating natural calamities, continue to be counterparts of the unmatched natural power. The lofty stature of their enormous frame along with the mesmerizing displays of lightning flash continue to baffle and move those who watch the skies at night.
To learn more about cumulonimbus clouds, visit their Wikipedia page: Gray lumps of ivy, May rain drops on wet pavement, and white birds perching majestically in the air are all associated with the end of winter and the beginning of the month of May.
