GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Formation of thunderstorm clouds (cumulonimbus) The rising air creates updrafts that move upward in the atmosphere where it first forms cumulus clouds. The updrafts of warm air soon create towering thunderstorm clouds that typically reach 20, 000 feet or more on warm sunny days.

Detailed explanation-2: -If enough atmospheric instability, moisture, and lift are present, then strong updrafts can develop in the cumulus cloud leading to a mature, deep cumulonimbus cloud, i.e., a thunderstorm producing heavy rain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cumulonimbus can form alone, in clusters, or along squall lines. These clouds are capable of producing lightning and other dangerous severe weather, such as tornadoes, hazardous winds, and large hailstones. Cumulonimbus progress from overdeveloped cumulus congestus clouds and may further develop as part of a supercell.