The first stage of thunderstorm development when air starts to rise vertically.

Second stage of thunderstorm development where updrafts and downdrafts exist side by side.

Third stage of thunderstorms when the warm, moist air goes away.

How much electricity is in a bolt of lightening?

What happens when super heated air rapidly expands and contracts?

Extremely powerful storms.

Violent, whirling column of air.

Scale that ranks tornadoes acctoding to their destruction and estimated wind speed.

Calm center of a hurricane.

Tall band of strong winds and dense clouds that surrounds the eye.

Occurs when hurrican winds push large amounts of ocean water across the land.

Extended periods of well-below average rainfall.

Extended period of above-average temperatures.

Extended period of below-average temperatures.

Effects of cold air on the human body that is magnified by wind.

Another name for a tropical cyclone is what?

Which does NOT play a role in the development of hail?

Which does NOT describe a type of damaging thunderstorm wind?

More lives are lost from a hurricanes what than its winds?