A parent thunderstorms is a thunderstorm that produces some other event. This is often used when refering to tornadoes. A storm that produces a tornado is that tornado's parent thunderstorm.
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.
No. A thunderstorm is a weather event.
Yes. A thunderstorm develops from an updraft.
Strong updrafts (upward moving air in a thunderstorm) contribute to the severity of a thunderstorm by increasing vertical draft strengths.
Yes. A tornado can be though of as part of a larger parent thunderstorm, though most thunderstorms do not produce tornadoes.
The fuel of a tornado is the warm, moist air that powers its parent thunderstorm.
It is often dark during a tornado not because of the tornado itself, but becasue of the parent thunderstorm. The thunderstorm consists of a very tall cumulonimbus cloud, which blocks out most sunlight.
Tornadoes strengthen as the mesocyclone, or rotating updraft that powers them, intensifies with the parent thunderstorm. The factors governing the strength of an individual thunderstorm are complicated and not fully understood. This is doubly true of tornadoes.
The updraft of a tornado may help somewhat in stabilizing the atmopshere, but the parent thunderstorm normally would do that anyway.
What causes tornadoes to dissipate is not fully understood, but it is believed that cold thunderstorm outflow undercuts the parent circulation (mesocyclone) that drives the tornado, cutting of the warm air that drives the thunderstorm, causing it to weaken to the point that it can no longer sustain a tornado.
A thunderstorm does not strike anything, it is "lightening" that does that.
Well, if we knew that, we could predict them. The parent thunderstorm is thought to be the biggest player but the real cause is unknown.
No. Tornadoes descend from very large parent thunderstorms. If you were to try to see a tornado from space the parent thunderstorm would block it from view. Additionally, many tornadoes are very brief, too brief to orient a satellite.
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.
There is not particular temperature at which tornadoes form. It is common, however, for the weather to be hot and humid before a tornado and its parent thunderstorm come through and to be cooler afterwards.
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