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Cumulonimbus cloud

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Cumulonimbus cloud

The setting sun illuminates a cumulonimbus cloud. The Māori term for this rain-bearing cloud is okewa.

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Basil Keane, Tāwhirimātea – the weather – Clouds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8265/cumulonimbus-cloud (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2022.