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How do strong updrafts contribute to the severity of a thunderstorm?
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Strong updrafts (upward moving air in a thunderstorm) contribute to the severity of a thunderstorm by increasing vertical draft strengths.
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A very large single-cell thunderstorm with particularly strong updrafts is a?
supercells
What does the size of a hailstone depend on?
It depends on how strong the updrafts in a thunderstorm are. The stronger these updrafts (winds), the larger the hailstone it can support. As long as the hail remains supported in the cloud, it will continue to accrete ice and grow larger.
What is caused by heavy snowfall combined with strong updrafts and downdrafts?
whiteout
Which weather conditions form hail?
Hail is produced by thunderstorms with very strong updrafts.
Why do tornadoes form by clouds?
Because only the the energy involved in a thunderstorm or developing thunderstorm is enough to form something as strong as a tornado.
How do strong updrafts contribute to the severity to a thunderstorm?
Strong updrafts keep water droplets and ice crystals in the cloud, so they grow in size too. But when they get to heavy they release them as hail snow.
A very large single-cell thunderstorm with particularly strong updrafts is a?
supercells
Why are tornadoes and hail associated together most times?
Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms called supercells, which have very strong rotating updrafts. Strong updrafts in a thunderstorm also support the formation of hail.
What does the size of a hailstone depend on?
It depends on how strong the updrafts in a thunderstorm are. The stronger these updrafts (winds), the larger the hailstone it can support. As long as the hail remains supported in the cloud, it will continue to accrete ice and grow larger.
Why is a sea breeze thunderstorm considered a type of air mass thunderstorm?
A sea breeze may lead to a thunderstorm if the cool sea breeze forces warm air to rise which creates a convection cell that creates strong updrafts that lead to a thunderstorm. This is how a sea breeze may lead to the formation of a thunderstorm.
Why do supercells that produce tornadoes also often produce large hailstorms?
Hail forms in thunderstorms that have strong, turbulent updrafts. The stronger the storm, the larger the hail that can form. Supercells are the most powerful thunderstorms on Earth and have very strong updrafts, which can therefore produce large hail. The same strong updraft can contribute to the formation of a tornado.
What are two characteristics of a thunderstorm that lead to hail formation?
First water droplets exist in the liquid state in the parts cumulonimbus cloud.second is strong updrafts and downdrafts exist side by side with in a cloud
How does hailstones work?
Hail forms when thunderstorm updrafts are strong enough to carry water droplets well above the freezing level. This freezing process forms a hailstone, which can grow as additional water freezes onto it. Eventually, the hailstone becomes too heavy for the updrafts to support it and it falls to the ground.
Strong updrafts within a thunderhead can produce?
Hail
Strong updrafts and warm air sinking cause what?
it causes strong winds
Strong updrafts within a storm cloud can produce?
hail is your answer
Why does it hail outside when there is no tornado outside?
Hail does not depend on a tornado. Hail forms in thunderstorms with strong updrafts and turbulence. Many of these storms are not even capable of producing tornadoes as they have a strong enough updraft, but not enough rotation for tornadoes.
