List it in order 1,2,3 etc

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.

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Here are the stages in the development of a thunderstorm in the correct order:

  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.