Cumulonimbus

The cumulonimbus is the Savage Beast of the Sky, a beautiful shaft of pregnant water bubbling at 26,000 feet, about to open up a can of whoop-ass on you and yours. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The haze behaves somewhat like particles in the tops of thunderheads on Earth (known as cumulonimbus anvils) or in the ash plumes from large volcanic eruptions, which rise into the upper atmosphere and spread around the world. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The haze behaves somewhat like particles in the tops of thunderheads (known as cumulonimbus anvils) on Earth or in the ash plumes from large volcanic eruptions, which rise into the upper atmosphere and spread around the world, Wong said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We have to give props to Seacrest for using the word "cumulonimbus" in an interview with a pop star, and big ups to Gaga for only letting one F-bomb drop during the morning show interview. ❋ Unknown (2010)

i will never have another first child. there are thunderclouds building in the sky and i already know what i will tell my child when we see these clouds together. see those clouds? they are gray. the color of the sidewalk. of lolo's hair when he doesn't color it. of grandpa's hair under his hat. grownups call it "cumulonimbus". daddy calls it "buggy cloud," or ❋ Mousepoet (2002)

Everything was clouding over in a cumulonimbus of forgetting. ❋ Brian Warfield (2011)

For Cadillac and GM's part, the calculation is simple: It costs a few million to develop this, the last and best riff on the CTS, and building it guarantees endless buff-book magazine covers; dozens of YouTube videos featuring the V-Wagon performing fluffy, white cumulonimbus burnouts; and miles of adoring type online and in print. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

Cadillac For Cadillac and GM, it costs a few million to develop this type of car, and building it guarantees endless buff-book magazine covers; dozens of YouTube videos featuring the V-Wagon performing fluffy, white cumulonimbus burnouts; and miles of adoring type online and in print. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Above 6,500 feet can be found altocumulus ("clumps or rolls") and altostratus (a "drab and featureless" haze), as well as the storm clouds nimbostratus ("dim, miserable") and cumulonimbus ("the shape of a blacksmith's anvil"). ❋ Peter Pesic (2011)

The possibility of being swept away by a cumulonimbus cloud or non-English-speaking tourists drinking frozen lemonade and carrying digital cameras in pedicabs in Central Park? ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is. ❋ Manny Howard (2010)

Consider the entry on cumulonimbus: While most of us might be familiar with the four common cloud names — cumulus (heaped), stratus (layered), cirrus (curl of hair) and nimbus (rain) — Ms. Jenkins reveals that the publication of the first popular " International Cloud Atlas " at the end of the 19th century expanded this taxonomy to 10 cloud types, including the mountainous cumulonimbus, listed as Cloud Nine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These clouds would later develop into cumulonimbus clouds (thunderstorms) as they passed east of Washington, D.C. This photo was taken at 8: 22 p.m. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ms. Simpson's research resulted in what became known as the "hot tower" theory of storm formation, which showed how hurricanes derive energy from heat generated within cumulonimbus clouds that reach to the stratosphere. ❋ Stephen Miller (2010)

Looking south toward Tora Bora and Khost, huge billowing cumulonimbus rose upward, giant cotton balls stacked on top of each other. ❋ Michael Franzak (2010)