Thunderstorms

A thunderstorm is a storm that is known for striking the ground with lightning or scaring people with thunder. They can cause lots of damage by hail,snow, sleet, or even tornadoes.

Thunderstorms occur in a type of cloud called cumulonimbus clouds. They are made when rapid movement upward of warm or moist air. As it moves up it condenses and then forms a cumulonimbus cloud, these cloud can be 12 miles high. As the air gets reaches its dew point temperature water vapor condenses to make water droplets or to ice. These reduces pressure in the thunderstorm cell. When the droplets fall the collide with others and then they become larger. The droplets create a downdraft as they fall which pulls cold air in and then this cold air will spread out over the Earth. This will sometimes make strong winds. These strong winds are what will sometimes make thunderstorms.