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Large, dense, tall towers of clouds that can be 10 miles high and produce rain, snow, hail, and thunderstorms.

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Characterized by strong vertical development in the form of mountains or huge towers topped at least partially by a smooth, flat, often fibrous anvil. Also known colloquially as a 'thunderhead'.

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It forms by plenty of moisture, a mass of warm unstable air. A source of energy to lift the warm, moist air mass rapidly up.

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