What do you call the big clouds that roll up high before a rainstorm?
| THUNDERHEADS | 428 |
| THUNDERCLOUDS | 290 |
| STORM CLOUDS | 126 |
| RAIN CLOUDS | 63 |
| CUMULUS | 51 |
| NR | 46 |
| BLACK CLOUDS | 20 |
| WIND CLOUDS | 19 |
| DARK CLOUDS | 15 |
| HEAVY CLOUDS | 11 |
| BLACK CLOUD | 6 |
| NIGGERHEADS | 6 |
| STORM CLOUD | 6 |
| BAD CLOUDS | 5 |
| NIMBUS | 5 |
| RAIN CLOUD | 5 |
| THUNDERCAPS | 5 |
| BAD CLOUD | 4 |
| THUNDERSTORM | 4 |
| WHITECAPS | 4 |
| BULLHEADS | 3 |
| CUMULUS CLOUDS | 3 |
| STORMY CLOUDS | 3 |
| BANKS | 2 |
| DARK CLOUD | 2 |
| FRONT | 2 |
| GOT A LOT OF WIND IN IT | 2 |
| HEAVY | 2 |
| HIGH CLOUDS | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| PUFFY CLOUDS | 2 |
| SHOWER CLOUDS | 2 |
| THREATENING | 2 |
| TORNADO | 2 |
| TORNADO CLOUDS | 2 |
| ANGRY CLOUDS | 1 |
| AUTUMN CLOUDS | 1 |
| BAD-LOOKING CLOUD | 1 |
| BANK OF CLOUDS | 1 |
| BIG BLACK CLOUD | 1 |
| BIG BLACK CLOUDS | 1 |
| BIG BLACK CLOUDS THAT MEAN RAIN AND THUNDER | 1 |
| BIG CLOUD | 1 |
| BIG FLUFFY CLOUD | 1 |
| BIG MOTHERS | 1 |
| BILLOWING CLOUDS | 1 |
| BILLOWS | 1 |
| BILLOWY CLOUDS | 1 |
| BLACKIES | 1 |
| BULKHEADS | 1 |
| CIRRUS | 1 |
| CLOUD BANKS | 1 |
| CLOUDS | 1 |
| CLOUDS BREWING RAIN | 1 |
| COLUMBUS | 1 |
| CUMULUS-NIMBUS | 1 |
| CYCLONE CLOUD | 1 |
| DARK CLOUD RISING UP | 1 |
| DARK THUNDERHEADS | 1 |
| DIRTY OR DIRTY-LOOKING CLOUDS | 1 |
| DOUBLE-HEADER CLOUDS | 1 |
| DOUBLE-HEADERS | 1 |
| FLEECE | 1 |
| FULL CLOUDS | 1 |
| GONNA THUNDERSTORM | 1 |
| HAIL CLOUD | 1 |
| HAIL CLOUDS | 1 |
| HEAT CLOUDS | 1 |
| HEAVY BLACK CLOUDS | 1 |
| ICE-CREAM SODAS | 1 |
| ICE-CREAM-SODA CLOUDS | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE A BOOMER | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE RAIN | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORM | 1 |
| LOW CLOUDS | 1 |
| PETER’S MUDHOLE | 1 |
| RIM COMING UP | 1 |
| ROLLING CLOUDS | 1 |
| ROLLING FRONT | 1 |
| SKY’S GETTING BLACK | 1 |
| SMOKE BALLS | 1 |
| SNOWBANKS | 1 |
| SNOWSTORM | 1 |
| SQUALL CLOUDS | 1 |
| STORM BREWING | 1 |
| STORM PILES | 1 |
| STORMS | 1 |
| STORMY CLOUD | 1 |
| STORMY-LOOKING CLOUDS | 1 |
| SUN DOGS | 1 |
| TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS | 1 |
| THREATENING CLOUDS | 1 |
| “THREATENS, THEN PASSES BY” | 1 |
| THUNDERBOLTS | 1 |
| THUNDER-CLAPPY CLOUDS | 1 |
| THUNDERDOGS | 1 |
| THUNDERHEAD | 1 |
| THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS | 1 |
| THUNDERSTORM IS BREWING | 1 |
| WARNING | 1 |
| WEATHER CLOUDS | 1 |
| WEATHERHEADS | 1 |
| WHITE CAPS | 1 |
| WHITE THUNDERHEADS | 1 |
| WHITEHEADS | 1 |
| WIND REEFS | 1 |
| WOOL SACKS | 1 |
| YOU SEE HOW BLACK IT’S GETTING | 1 |
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