Talk:Thunderstorm

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Thunderclouds also have a wide distribution of occurrences. These forms of clouds are able to form under the circumstance where warm, moist air collides with cool air fronts.^[1] Thunderclouds undergoes two stages of development: Cumulus and Mature.^[2] During the stage of Cumulus, the heat generated from the Sun's radiation warms up the Earth's crust and the air close towards it. The warming of the air cause an updraft to form, allowing the warmed air to rise as warm air is less dense than normal oxygen. If the updraft contains water molecules, the rising of the updraft would cause the water molecules to condense forming a Cumulus cloud(there is less heat presented in higher attitudes). The continuation of condensation of the water molecules would allow the Cumulus cloud to reach greater volume.

This information was removed from the severe weather page, but may be of use to your article. Respectfully Bullock ✉ 18:56, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]