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1. Can you describe the developmental stages for an ordinary thunderstorm?
2. Can you describe the conditions required for the development of a multicell thunderstorm?
3. Can you explain how downdrafts form in thunderstorms?
4. Can you describe how gust fronts form? How microbursts form?
5. Can you explain the difference between an HP supercell and LP supercell?
6. Can you describe how thunderstorms become electrified? How thunder is produced?
7. Does common lightning generally consist of positive or negative charges?
1. How do downdrafts form in a thunderstorm?
2. What is necessary for a multicell thunderstorm to form?
3. Why do ordinary thunderstorms form most frequently in the afternoon?
4. Explain why ordinary thunderstorms dissipate more quickly than severe thunderstorms.
5. What type of weather does a gust front bring as it passes?
6. Why is the term wind shear often used in conjunction with a microburst?
7. In what area of the United States do thunderstorms occur most frequently? Why?
8. Why is large hail more common in Kansas than in Florida?
9. Explain how a cloud-to-ground lightning stroke develops.
10. Why is it dangerous to seek shelter under a tree during a lightning storm?
11. What are sprites and jets? What is the relationship between
sprites and ordinary lightning?
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