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What is Lightning?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

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The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...