Thunderstorms

Danaysha Jones

Thunderstorms usually occur in spring and summer due to the high temperatures. Heat helps bring a strong thunderstorm because when the temperature finally drops the charges will build up and create a strong discharge which turns into the thunderstorm. When the water vapor begans to cool down it rises to temperatures below freezing causing the thunderstorm



Thunderstorms are flashes of sudden lights in the sky followed by loud rumbles throughout the sky when a thunderstorm is beginning positive and negative charges separate and that is what causes the lighting we see The pressure needed to form a thunderstorm is in the low pressure zone which is atmospheric level or sea level. 

Thunderstorms are formed when warm air occurs, and humidity rises. Thunderstorms can sometimes produce hailstones, especially between march and october. When humidity rises it will eventually cool down and the moisture in the air will condense to form clouds. The clouds will soon extend higher and the water droplets in the cloud continue to grow in size. as the clouds continue to extend ice crystals will form because of the low temperature. A cumulonimbus cloud will be the result of this process when it grows to a height of 10 to 20 kilometers. thunderstorms are produced by cumulonimbus.



Fun Fact Did you know that thunderstorms occur outside of earth? The planet venus has clouds that are capable of producing lighting then a thin layer of water clouds appears and the thunderstorm begins, These thunderstorms outside of earth are one thousand times more powerful than the ones we are used to on earth.

Some vocabulary to get familiar with:  

Cumulonimbus- is a cloud that is tall, dense, and involved with thunderstorms and other severe types of weather.

 Condense- Physical change from a gas to a liquid substance.

WORK CITED: Google: [] Wikipedia: [] FEMA Kids: [|http://Fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm]