Cumulonimbus cloud

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Cumulonimbus (from Latin cumulus 'heap' and nimbus 'rain cloud') is a dense, towering, vertical cloud types, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents.

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