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Tanto en las formas tormentosas como en la formación de las trombas marinas o mangas, las nubes que intervienen son del tipo:Both in thunderstorms and in the formation of waterspouts, the clouds involved are of the type:

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Correct answer: a) Cumulonimbus.

Why it is correct

Cumulonimbus are the towering convective clouds of vertical development that generate both thunderstorms and waterspouts.

Why the others are not

  • b) Low layer clouds without severe deep convection.
  • c) High ice-crystal clouds.
  • d) High veils that produce halos, not storms or waterspouts.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Thunderstorms and waterspouts: cumulonimbus.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Weather visuals

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