Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Thunderstorms, GettyImages-673747736-5b1989c3fa6bcc003614911a,…
Thunderstorms
Negative Effects
-
-
Strong winds, hail, and tornadoes
-
Damage to properties, loss of lives
Positive Effects
-
Lightning discharges generate nitrogen-oxide compounds, which react with oxygen to
form ozone.
-
Thunderstorms return negative charges to the Earth, assisting in the preservation of the planet's electrical balance.
Types:
Single/Ordinary Cell
The ordinary thunderstorm cell, often known as a "pulse" cell, consists of a single updraft and a single downdraft. The rising updraft will hold expanding raindrops in place during the towering cumulus stage until the weight of the water exceeds what can be sustained.
Multi-Cell - clusters that are several cells in various growth stages, merging together.
Line
Occurs when thunderstorms form in a "squall line" extending laterally. Updrafts reform in the edges, producing rain and hail. Updrafts and downdrafts in this type of thunderstorm can bring heavy winds that may last for hours, and create strong outflow winds.
Cluster
Multi-cell clusters are several cells in various growth stages, merging together. They are essentially groups of single cell thunderstorms that form and move together.
Supercell
Supercell
Most dangerous type of thunderstorm that can produce large hail, dangerous winds, and violent tornadoes. This is caused by a presence of a mesocyclone, an area of strong updrafts which spins as the air moves upwards
Thunderstorms are weather disturbances that bring about heavy rainfall accompanied by lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail.
-
-
-
