Stages of Thunderstorms Flashcards
1
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First Stage
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Cumulus Stage
2
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Second Stage
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Mature Stage
3
Q
Third Stage
A
Dissipating Stage
4
Q
Cumulus Stage
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- Formation of cumulus cloud building up into towering cumulus
- Cloud mostly has updrafts
- No precipitation
5
Q
Mature Stage
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- Onset of precipitation and highest incidence of precipitation occurs
- Updrafts within cloud may attain 6000 feet per minute
- Violent turbulences associated
6
Q
Dissipating Stage
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- Precipitation from mature stage causes thunderstorms to dissipate
- Precipitation cools down lower part of cloud and breaks updrafts
- Top of cloud spreads out into anvil form
