THUNDERSTORM

Thunderstorms are storms ranging several kilometers in diameter, created by the rapid lifting of moist and warm air, as a result of which a dense vertical tower of the cloud is created. Thunderstorms are associated with strong winds, hail, lightning, tornadoes, thunder, and heavy rain.

WHAT CAUSES THUNDERSTORMS?

Air carrying water droplets are lifted vertically into the atmosphere due to unequal warming of the surface of the Earth. As a result of this lift, the air condenses, and latent heat is released with the expansion resulting from a decrease in pressure (with the increase in height). These condensed droplets freeze and fall back to the ground along with hail, and lightning

From severe thunderstorms sometimes spiraling wind descends like a trunk of an elephant with great force, with very low pressure at the centre, causing massive destruction on its way. Such a phenomenon is called a Tornado. Tornadoes generally occur in middle latitudes. The tornado over the sea is called water sprouts.