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What is a multi cell?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 10/31/2021

Perhaps the best way to describe a multicell storm is to contrast it with a single cell storm.

A single cell thunderstorm consists of s single cell of convection and just one updraft, isolated from any other thunderstorms. As the cell develops, the downdraft of cold air chokes off the warm updraft that powers the storm, eventually killing it.

A multicell storm contains several convective cells tightly packed together. Such clusters tend to be fairly self-sustaining. As one cell in the cluster dies, the cooled air rushing out from it acts like a miniature cold front, causing a new cell to develop.

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Marvin Schuster

Lvl 10
3y ago

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