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  2. Cumulonimbus cloud - Wikipedia

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    Clouds form when the dew point temperature of water is reached in the presence of condensation nuclei in the troposphere. The atmosphere is a dynamic system, and the local conditions of turbulence, uplift, and other parameters give rise to many types of clouds. Various types of cloud occur frequently enough to have been categorized.

  3. Terrestrial gamma-ray flash - Wikipedia

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    The role of TGFs and their relationship to lightning remains a subject of ongoing scientific study. In 2009, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in Earth orbit observed intense burst of gamma rays corresponding to positron annihilations coming out of a storm formation. Scientists would not have been surprised to see a few positrons accompanying ...

  4. Cumulonimbus incus - Wikipedia

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    A cumulonimbus incus is a mature thunderstorm cloud generating many dangerous elements. Lightning: this storm cloud is capable of producing bursts of cloud-to-ground lightning. Hail: hailstones may fall from this cloud if it is a highly unstable environment (which favours a more vigorous storm updraft).

  5. GALLERY: Dark clouds, lightning fill the sky amid storms ...

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    A tornado warning was issued in several counties, and storms filled the sky with lightning and dark cloud formations. The NWS confirmed Tuesday night that a tornado was located east of Sneedville ...

  6. Cumulonimbus capillatus - Wikipedia

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    Lightning; this is a strong thunderstorm cloud and it is capable of producing bursts of cloud to ground and cloud to cloud lightning. Hail; hailstones may fall from this cloud if it is in a highly unstable environment (which favors a more vigorous storm updraft). Heavy rain; the cloud

  7. Storm clouds make great pictures, but what do they mean - AOL

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    Indicates that the air below the cloud is dry; can also signify the downdraft region of a storm. Wall clouds. A supercell forms and a wall cloud pushes north of Beardstown, Ill. Friday, March 31 ...

  8. Upper-atmospheric lightning - Wikipedia

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    Representation of upper-atmospheric lightning and electrical-discharge phenomena Discovery image of a TLE on Jupiter by the NASA Juno probe. [1]Upper-atmospheric lightning and ionospheric lightning are terms sometimes used by researchers to refer to a family of short-lived electrical-breakdown phenomena that occur well above the altitudes of normal lightning and storm clouds.

  9. Catatumbo lightning - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenon is characterized by almost continuous lightning, mostly within the clouds. The lightning produces a great quantity of ozone, though whether or not this contributes to the ozonosphere is a topic of disagreement, given the instability of the storm. [9] [10]