Rumbling of thunder, distant lightning, darkening and lowering clouds, darkening in general, and a drop in temperature
The best indication is a strong, sudden gust of wind, which occurs about 5 minutes before the storm. This is the outflow from the thunderstorm, where air sinks and flows outward around the storm to compensate the rising air inside.
Let's just say if you are outside and have NO idea what the weather will be in your area today. The first sign will usually be the clouds and sky changing. When there is an approaching storm, the darker more stormy clouds usually start to role in. Most of the time, in the distance, you will hear thunder or see some small lightning strikes. Also, you may start to see the winds picking up more and more and the storm gets closer.
Rain, wind, lightning, noise, and darkness are the signs of a thunderstorm.
Dark clouds and a couple of big boom booms from the sky.
Either when the weather channel shows a large cloud mass that says thunderstorm, you see thunderheads (cloud formations), there are lots of signs. You can get more from the internet.
A good idea is to listen for sounds of a thunderstorm first, look for heavy rain, and even feel for dry heat or a heavy atmosphere. Sometimes one can even smell a thunderstorm in the air.
A thunderstorm does not strike anything, it is "lightening" that does that.
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.
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.
Signs to look for: a lowering of the cloud base rotation in the clouds a hole in the clouds at the back of a thunderstorm Swirling dust beneath the lowered clouds
severe thunderstorm warning or significant weather alert
funnel clouds. Other signs that a tornado may soon occur include a lowering of the cloud base and rotation in the clouds during a thunderstorm.
Either when the weather channel shows a large cloud mass that says thunderstorm, you see thunderheads (cloud formations), there are lots of signs. You can get more from the internet.
black and gray
A good idea is to listen for sounds of a thunderstorm first, look for heavy rain, and even feel for dry heat or a heavy atmosphere. Sometimes one can even smell a thunderstorm in the air.
It is like a gray cloud all over the city
Look at the billboards in the hallway thing and it will tell you that there is a unusual thunderstorm in a route
A thunderstorm does not strike anything, it is "lightening" that does that.
Yeah... The thunderstorm caused the power to go out. The thunderstorm startled the dog. The weatherman warned that a thunderstorm was on its way.
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.
Dark gray and flat or really dark almost black and puffy