Description

A Thunderstorm is the term used to describe a convective cloud with associated heavy precipitation, typically heavy rain, heavy snow, or hail, thunder, and lightning. Such a storm will be caused by either a single Cumulonimbus cloud (Cb) or a cluster, or line, of Cumulonimbus clouds.

See the main article Cumulonimbus (Cb) for more detailed information.

Related Articles

• Cumulonimbus (Cb)
• Rain
• Snow
• Hail
• Thunder
• Lightning

Further Reading

• UK Metoffice Fact Sheet No. 2 - Thunderstorms