The Science Behind Cumulonimbus Clouds

Cumulonimbus clouds are typically known as thunderstorm clouds. These clouds can form thunder and lightning as well as heavy rain, large hail, and tornadoes.

These clouds are the most common in the summer when it's hot and humid. You need moisture to form these clouds. You also need warm air rising, which will cool and condense into clouds. Once the atmosphere becomes unstable, which is when the air temperature rapidly decreases as you go up in height, these clouds may form. Cumulonimbus clouds may be as low as 1,000 feet, and sometimes the clouds can get over 60,000 feet in altitude. Now you know the science behind cumulonimbus clouds.

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