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| Thunderstorms develop from cumulus clouds into what kind of clouds? | |
| What causes cumulus clouds to grow by the energy transfer method of ? | |
| What are the three conditions that have to exist that thunderstorms | |
| The cloud's growth stops when the rate of WHAT in the cloud diminishes | |
| What type of thunderstorm forms when an air mass rises as a result of orographic lifting? | |
| What type of thunderstorm forms because of temperature differences between the air over land and the air over water? | |
| What type of thunderstorm forms as cold air pushes warm air up at a boundary between cold and warm air masses | |
| What are the three stages of a thunderstorm? | |
| How many thunderstorms are occurring at any moment around the world? | |
| If the air rose because of unequal heating of earth's surface what is the thunderstorm called? | |
| Extremely powerful thunderstorms that develop intense, rotating updrafts are? | |
| Electricity caused by the rapid rush of air in a cumulonimbus cloud is? | |
| violent downdrafts that are concentrated in one local area are? | |
| powerful downdrafts that affect an area of less than 3 km are? | |
| precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice is? | |
| the intense updrafts and downdrafts that characterize severe thunderstorms are the result of? | |
| what occurs if rain falls to fast for the ground to absorb it? | |
| hail forms in part because of the presence of? | |
| What is a violent,whirling column of air in contract with the ground? | |
| How hot does a lighting bolt heat the air around it? | |
