Question

Number the stages in the development of a thunderstorm in the order in which they occur


______ 14. Equal amounts of updrafts and downwards from convection cells.

________ 15. Warm, moist air rises quickly, and the moisture condenses into a visible cloud. Then updrafts form.

________16. Falling precipitation cools the air around it, forming downdrafts.

_______ 17. Precipitation begins to fall.

________ 18. The updrafts cease and precipitation stops

________ 19. The updrafts slow as downdrafts decrease the supply of warm, moist surface air.

Answer 1

Here are the stages in the development of a thunderstorm numbered in the order in which they occur:

1. **15.** Warm, moist air rises quickly, and the moisture condenses into a visible cloud. Then updrafts form.
2. **14.** Equal amounts of updrafts and downwards from convection cells.
3. **19.** The updrafts slow as downdrafts decrease the supply of warm, moist surface air.
4. **16.** Falling precipitation cools the air around it, forming downdrafts.
5. **17.** Precipitation begins to fall.
6. **18.** The updrafts cease and precipitation stops.