Cumulonimbus

5. Anvil of a cumulonimbus, as seen from Cimmaron, Colorado. The anvil is classified
as a cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus. If the anvil were more widespread,
as from a line or group of cumulonimbus clouds, it would be classified as
cirrostratus cumulonimbogenitus. (Photo courtesy of Ronald L. Holle.)