This risk makes the implications of a changing and variable climate on severe thunderstorms important to understand. Recent studies into the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on severe weather events, including thunderstorms, have suggested a potential increasing trend in both frequency and intensity...
However, there are several different kinds including multi-cell thunderstorm, mesoscale connective complex, squall line thunderstorm, and supercell thunderstorm. Supercell thunderstorms are the most severe.Answer and Explanation: Very severe thunderstorms can form when a cold front is continuously supplied w...
height and average reach of the branches (crown spread). Each measure is awarded points and tallied for a total score (representing a tree’s wood volume). Trees with the highest score win. Thus, a champion may not be the tallest of its species or have the thickest trunk; ...
What happens when a tsunami encounters land? Can a waterspout become a tornado? What is a waterspout called when it makes landfall? Where does a waterspout occur? Can a waterspout come on land? What type of weather occurs during a waterspout?
Strongdynamic lifting (UVV)can enhance instability by cooling the middle layers of the troposphere. Cooling the middle layers of the troposphere makes elevated convection more possible. The dynamic lifting is also the "trigger" to cause the air to rise and keep rising from a pressure level that...
Living by the water provides humans with a number of advantages: fertile farm land, transportation, trade and hydroelectric power. Levees allow humans to enjoy these assets without fear of flooding. But humans have a bad habit of forgetting just how powerful their "strong brown god" really is....
A supercell thunderstorm. The planetary climate is a measure of the long-term trends in the weather. Various factors are known to influence the climate, including ocean currents, surface albedo, greenhouse gases, variations in the solar luminosity, and changes to the planet's orbit. Based on hi...
On 22 June 1995, a supercell thunderstorm developed on the Palmer Divide in east central Colorado and became tornadic. What makes this event somewhat unique is the precedent conditions were not synoptically evident for severe convection. In addition, the supercell was miniature in horizontal scale ...
a “step leader”) opens up between the two layers, a near-instantaneous discharge of electrons and ions flows from one side to the other. This is what we know as lightning. The heat given off by the flow of electrons makes the surrounding air molecules explosively expand, causing a flash...
As a dangerous winter storm makes its way across the country, thousands of flights have been canceled and millions of people from the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast are facing winter weather warnings. These warnings include blizzard, ice storm, high wind and even snow squall warnings. In ...