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thundercloud
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thundercloud
a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms

thundercloud [′thən·dər‚klau̇d]
(meteorology)
A convenient and often used term for the cloud mass of a thunderstorm, that is, a cumulonimbus.


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Thunderclouds contain millions of pieces of ice, all bumping into each other.
Hedlin has recorded infrasound coming from sprites, which are short flashes of light in the atmosphere above thunderclouds.
Instruments carried by the ER-2 detected large amounts of lightning and thunderclouds rising to approximately 60,000 feet.
 
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