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Thunderstorm

A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundershowers. Thunderstorms occur in cumulonimbus clouds. They are usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or…

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Thunderstorm

Nodes183
Edges182
Triples328
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010929
Components1

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Thunderstorm

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related to Further reading · 69
Thunderstorm → American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, An, Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Baker, Bibcode, Burgess, Butterworth-Heinemann, Church, CIN, Cloud Physics, Colorado, Conf, Corfidi, David, Davies, Denver, Derecho Environments Using Proximity, Desrochers, Donaldson Jr
related to Frequent occurrences · 31
Thunderstorm → At, Bogor, California, Caracas, Darwin, During, Earth, Florida, In, Indonesian, Java, Kampala, Manila, Midwest, Mumbai, North American Monsoon, Northeast, Other, Rocky Mountains, Sacramento
related to Mesoscale convective systems · 18
Thunderstorm → Asia, Europe, Forms, Great Plains, Intertropical Convergence Zone, MCCs, MCS, MCV, Mesoscale, More, Most, North America, Once, One, Polar, The, They, United States
related to Mythology and religion · 17
Thunderstorm → Christian, God, Great Spirit, Greeks, Hephaestus, Hinduism, Indra, Jötnar, Martin Luther, Mjölnir, Some American Indian, The Norse, These, Thor, Thunderbird, Thunderstorms, Zeus
related to Energy · 12
Thunderstorm → About, Hiroshima, If, In, It, Japan, Monitor, TGF, TGFs, The, The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst, This
related to Squall line · 12
Thunderstorm → China, Chinese, In, LEWP, On, Severe, Some, Stony Lake, The, This, Tornadoes, Wind
related to Back-building thunderstorm · 11
Thunderstorm → August, Boscastle, Chennai, December, England, In Rapid City, Northern Hemisphere, South Dakota, The, Though, When
related to Motion · 11
Thunderstorm → Earth's, HP, If, LP, Many, On, Organized, The, This, Weaker, When
related to Studies · 11
Thunderstorm → Canadian Prairies, Doppler, Every, Great Plains, In, Lightning, More, Radio, United States, VORTEX2, Wheels
related to Classification · 10
Thunderstorm → CAPE, J/kg, Organized, Precipitable, Single-cell, The, There, Those, Upstream, Which

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thunderstorms severe air lightning hail tornadoes winds wind water form storm occur weather within also precipitation known storms development supercell

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Thunderstormis acumulus stage or developing stage0.90text
convective available potential energyinstance ofMeteorological indices0.80text
tropical cyclonesinstance ofand include weather systems0.80text
squall linesinstance ofand include weather systems0.80text
lake-effect snow eventsinstance ofand include weather systems0.80text
polar lowsinstance ofand include weather systems0.80text
and mesoscale convective complexesinstance ofand include weather systems0.80text
VORTEX2 use an array of sensorsinstance ofMore organized meteorological projects0.80text
such as the Doppler on Wheelsinstance ofMore organized meteorological projects0.80text
vehicles with mounted automated weather stationsinstance ofMore organized meteorological projects0.80text
weather balloonsinstance ofMore organized meteorological projects0.80text
and unmanned aircraft to investigate thunderstorms expected to produce severe weatherinstance ofMore organized meteorological projects0.80text

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