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A back-building thunderstorm, commonly referred to as a training thunderstorm, is a thunderstorm in which new development takes place on the upwind side (usually the west or southwest side in the Northern Hemisphere), such that the storm seems to remain stationary or propagate in a backward direction. Though the storm often appears stationary ...
Lightning is a natural phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both in the atmosphere or one in the atmosphere and one on the ground, temporarily neutralizing these in a near-instantaneous release of an average of between 200 megajoules and 7 gigajoules of energy, depending on the type.
A storm seen at the Baltic Sea near the island of Öland, Sweden.. A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. [citation needed] It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain ...
This process cause thunderstorm formation (and decay) to last for several hours or even over multiple days. Cumulonimbus clouds can also occur as dangerous winter storms called " thundersnow " which are associated with particularly intense snowfall rates and with blizzard conditions when accompanied by strong winds that further reduce visibility .
Despite providing drought relief for parts of Texas, flooding concerns are still quite high over parts of the south-central United States with downpours to continue to target some rain-weary areas ...
A dry thunderstorm is a thunderstorm that produces thunder and lightning, but where all or most of its precipitation evaporates before reaching the ground. [1] Dry lightning refers to lightning strikes occurring in this situation. Both are so common in the American West that they are sometimes used interchangeably. [2]
Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Treasure Valley on Wednesday afternoon, bringing heavy rain, high winds and quarter-sized hail to the Boise area.
Sporadic showers and thunderstorms will occur along and ahead of a strong cool front, which will abruptly end the summerlike warmth that has been in place for many days over the North Central states.