Ordinary Cell Thunderstorms
Multicell thunderstorms
thunder and lightning
Supercell thunderstorms
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First stage of the ordinary cell thunderstorm.
What is the growth stage?
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Multicell thunderstorms tend to form in this kind of region
What is moderate to strong vertical wind speed shear
100
a sound occassionally mistaken for thunder.
What is sonic boom
100
a large lasting thunderstorm with a single violently rotating updraft
What is a supercell.
100
multicell thunderstorms may form in a line of thunderstorms called this.
What is squall line.
200
The second stage of the ordinary cell thunderstorm
What is the mature stage?
200
when convention is strong and the updraft intense, the rising air may actually intrude well into the stable stratosphere producing this.
What is an overshooting top?
200
a shock wave that becomes a booming sound wave
What is thunder.
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rotating air column on the south side of the storm.
What mesocyclone.
200
sudden warm outbursts
What is heat burst
300
The final stage of the Ordinary cell thunderstorm
What is dissipating stage?
300
clouds that appears to slowly spin about a horzontial axis.
What is roll clouds.
300
a discharge of electricity which occurs in mature thunderstorms.
What is lightning.
300
if low-level humid air is drawn into the updraft, a rotating cloud call this is formed.
What is wall cloud
300
thunderstorms are this kind of storms.
What is convection
400
the surface boundary that seperates the advancing cooler air from the surrounding warming air
What is a gust front?
400
a downburst with winds extending only 4 km or less
What is a microburst.
400
cloud-to-ground lightning occurs with thunderstorms without rain.
What is dry lightning.
400
smaller thunderstorms that occur with rotating updrafts.
What is mini supercells.
400
a storm containing thunder and lightning which sometimes produces gusty surface winds with heavy rain and hail
What is a thunderstorm
500
ordinary cell thunderstorms tend to form in a region with this.
What is limited wind shear
500
suddden warm downbursts
What is heat bursts.
500
lightning that occurs on hot summer nights when overhead sky is clear
What is heat lightning.
500
supercell thunderstorms occurs in a region with this
What is a strong verticle wind spear.
500
this forms when warm moist air rises along the forward edge of the gust front
What is shelf cloud