B9

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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