Thunderstorm Stages
Although not always a thunderstorm, the initial stage of the thunderstorm always starts as this type of cloud.
What is a cumulus cloud?
These high altitude fibrous clouds may appear as isolated tufts or feathery plumes.
What are cirrus?
This extremely violent whirling storm generally has a small diameter, usually a quarter of a mile or less.
What is a tornado?
What is a funnel cloud is also acceptable since whether it touches the ground was not clarified.
Hurricane force winds are winds sustained at speeds greater than this many knots.
What is 64?
This Hebrew name meaning "beloved of Yahweh" or "friend of God" is AG2 Cloud's first name.
What is Jed?
As gradual dissipation is overtaking a storm cell, known as the dissipating stage, the upper section of the cloud may begin to resemble this blacksmith tool.
What is an anvil?
This class of atmospheric phenomena is a Greek prefix meaning "stone," and may include dust or sand particles.
What are lithometeors?
Incorrect if not said "meteor." We don't measure in lithometers.
To convert a Celsius temperature measurement to Kelvin, this mathematical process must be done.
What is add or subtract 273°?
This force moves air from an area of high pressure to low pressure and influences the velocity of the wind.
What is pressure gradient?
This sunny locale was AG2 Cloud's first duty station.
What is SGOT - San Diego?
A short time after the rain starts its initial fall, this motion of air reaches maximum speed.
What is updraft?
This meteorological element is classified according to form (liquid, freezing, or solid) and its intensity is determined by the rate of fall (light, moderate, heavy).
The climate of every ocean and continental region are largely determined by latitude, land and water distribution, ocean currents, and this elevational land feature.
What is topography?
This fictitious apparent force is the effect of the acceleration of the frame of reference with respect to an inertial frame of reference due to a centripetal force and may be used to explain Coriolis effects.
What is centrifugal?
This saucy fare is AG2 Cloud's favorite regional cuisine.
What is Italian?
Although downdraft speeds are either relatively constant or gradually varying from one altitude to the next, these smaller scale discontinuities are associated with the draft proper.
What are gusts?
In the polar regions of Earth, the Middle Etage extends from 6,000 ft to this altitude.
What is 13,000 feet?
This insolation differential in the tropical atmosphere is constantly being supplied heat from a conservation of heat energy through absorption and radiation of atmospheric gases.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
When a unit of air moves with no frictional force involved, and the movement of air is parallel to the isobars, it is known as this kind of wind.
What is a gradient?
Geostrophic is also acceptable since isobars were not clarified as straight or not.
These diverse categories are AG2 Cloud's favorite genres of movie.
What is action OR comedy OR horror?
Daily Double points for getting all three.
During the mature stage, the lapse rate within a thunderstorm cell is greater than the moist adiabatic rate, resulting in this form of accelerated motion.
What is a downdraft?
These hanging pouch-like protuberances on the underside of a cloud are typically associated with rain and take their name from their gland-like appearance.
What is mammatus?
This percentage is the partial pressure of water vapor compared to the vapor pressure of water at the same temperature.
What is relative humidity?
These localized circulations directly attribute to local cooling, local heating, adjacent heating or cooling, and induction.
What is tertiary?
These two opposite activities, one sedentary and one mobile, are AG2 Cloud's favorite past times.
What are playing video games and going for a walk?
Daily double points for getting both.