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| Title: |
LIFE CYCLE OF A THUNDERSTORM |
| Caption: |
Idealized diagram showing stages of development and dissipation (disappearance) of a thunderstorm. Red arrows show updrafts of warm air and thin blue arrows show downdrafts of cold air. The large blue arrows show the direction that the storm is moving. (After Aguado, E., and Burt, J. E. 2007. Understanding weather and climate, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall) |
| Keywords: |
atmosphere, air-mass thunderstorms, cumulonimbus clouds, precipitation, cumulus stage, mature stage, dissipating stage |
