How do you identify cumulonimbus calvus?



How do you identify cumulonimbus calvus?

Translated from latin, meaning bald, a cloud that’s classified as cumulonimbus calvus can be best identified through the puffy and cumuliform appearance at the top of the cloud. The proper cloud classification abbreviation for this cloud is ‘Cb cal’.

What is the calvus classification of clouds?

No other cloud type besides a cumulonimbus cloud can receive a calvus classification. Translated from latin, meaning bald, a cloud that’s classified as cumulonimbus calvus can be best identified through the puffy and cumuliform appearance at the top of the cloud.

What is a cumulonimbus?

Dark-based storm cloud capable of impressive vertical growth. Precipitation cloud? Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus, "heaped" and nimbus, "rainstorm") is a dense, towering vertical cloud, forming from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents. If observed during a storm, these clouds may be referred to as thunderheads.

What are the different types of cumulonimbus clouds?

Cumulonimbus clouds are only associated with two of the fiften cloud species: calvus and capillatus. Both of these species are unique to cumulonimbus clouds. The calvus species describes a cumulonimbus cloud with a bald, cauliflower-like top.