2007-04-21 05:08:51 · 6 answers · asked by 22 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Warm air meets cold air and swirls and mixes. Hot air rises forcing cold air down to sea level. Force of moving air creates friction, which drives wind and creates lightning. Lightning heats air to point of combusting, creating thunder. Wind swirls up and down, cold air creates clouds and moisture. Higher the moisture is, is still frozen. As it comes down, ice thaws into water, then when winds are just right, rain is caused.
2007-04-21 09:12:47 · answer #1 · answered by seanpatrick77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three requirements for a thunderstorm:
1. Instability. The troposphere must be unstable so that when air is forced to rise it is always less dense than the surrounding air and keeps rising.
2. Abundant moisture. The air must be humid. There must be sufficient water vapour to condense and form the cloud and to provide the latent heat of condensation and freezing that fuels the storm
3. A trigger. This could be oragraphic lifting; the motion of a front; convergence onto a trough; strong surface heating; differential surface heating in mountainous areas etc.
Remove any one of the requirements and you won't get a thunderstorm.
2007-04-22 01:34:16 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are two main ways thunderstorms form..one (convectional thunderstorms) form when the earth is heated usually on a hot day, warm air from the earth rises into the upper atmosphere which is colder than at the ground this causes clouds to form and continue forming into the upper atmosphere the clouds very dense at this point begin to drop precipitation and it storms. These storms are intense with heavy rain and possible tornado's.
The second form of thunderstorm occurs when a warm air meets colder air (fronts) as the front works its way into the cold or warm air the warm air will rise and the cold air remains below creating condensation and storm clouds to form, often containing hail and strong winds
2007-04-21 18:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by Meagan G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thunderstorms occur when the air is warm and unstable which can help make it rise rapidly. Lifts, fronts and mountains are capable of lifting air to help form thunderstorms.
2007-04-21 14:04:01 · answer #4 · answered by Katieelessar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-21 13:19:22 · answer #5 · answered by ♥still luvin u♥ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hot, rain, humid, and cloudy
2007-04-21 14:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by jg24rocks7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋