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Wall cloud - Towering cumulus with rain-free base

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Description

Wall cloud - Towering cumulus with rain-free base.A wall cloud, a lowering of the cloud base underneath main stormupdraft, forms in this thunderstorm. Tornadoes can form out ot the wall clouds.

Credit

NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Display Date

1982

Collection

NSSL

Sky Scenes

Keywords

Sky Scenes

Clouds