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This is a very complex process. Early in the morning the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK begin looking at several forecast models to see where thunderstorms will occur...as well as the local NWS office. Convective Avabilbe Potential Engery, or CAPE models, show where and how powerful a thunderstorm is or will be (http://rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/displayMod.php?var=ruc_sfc_cape&hours=hr01hr12). Satellite models show where storm systems might develop. NEXRAD Radar is used to track thunderstorms once they have developed.
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Tesmond Hurd, Sr. Forecaster
www.lagrande.weatherchecker.us
What else can I help you with?
After a thunderstorm forecast how long do you have to prepare?
Usually it will say that on the forcast.
What might you hear in a weather forecast that would keep you from going outside?
Rain, blizzard, thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane, very cold temperature.
What source of weather data would enable a meteorologist to follow a path of an approaching thunderstorm?
Meteorologists depend on the air pressure to forecast an approaching storm
Should you be on the look out for an isolated tornado?
If there is potential for tornadoes in the forecast, yes. If you live in the United States you can check for the risk of tornadoes and other thunderstorm hazards by going to the website of the Storm Prediction Center.
What do you use to forecast a tornado?
In long term forecast, the potential for tornadoes across a region, but not individual tornadoes, is forecast using weather models. Given data based on temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed and direction at different locations and altitudes, supercomputers forecast the behavior of weather systems, including those that might produce tornadoes. However, forecast models cannot predict where individual tornadoes will strike. Doppler radar can detect rotation within a thunderstorm, and thus tell if a storm is likely to produce a tornado in the near or currently producing one, with an average lead time of 14 minutes.
When does lightning and thunderstorm happen during the year?
That, I cannot give an exact answer for. Lighting and thunderstorms can happen at anytime, anyday of the year. Just watch your local weather channel for a head's up on what your week's forecast may be! :)
Does a thunderstorm strike a car does a thunderstorm strike on one place how long does a thunderstorm strike?
A thunderstorm does not strike anything, it is "lightening" that does that.
What forms a thunderstorm?
The cumulus stage, in which the thunderstorm develops, the mature stage, in which the thunderstorm is most intense, and the dissipating stage, in which the thunderstorm declines and ends.
What is part of speech is forecast?
Forecast can be used as a verb or a noun.Verb: Meteorologists forecast the weather.Noun: Today's forecast looks gloomy.
Is the word forecast an adjective?
Forecast is a verb (forecasting) or noun (forecast).
What kind of weather forecast maps are developed?
forecast weather,long range forecast
What is a forecast that rely on numeral data?
A digital forecast is a forecast that relies on numerical data.
