thunderclouds in English

noun
1
a cumulus cloud with a towering or spreading top, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.
It can't be too windy, and there must not be any rain, thunderclouds , or lightning nearby.
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1. Allusions to transient optical phenomena above thunderclouds can be found in anecdotal reports by Johann Georg Estor as early as 1730.

2. Electric currents of about one ampere per storm flow upward from the positive tops of thunderclouds and return to the earth in the fair-weather regions of the atmosphere. . . .