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What stages does the thunderstorm life cycle include?
Thunderstorm is a local strong convective weather visible in tropical and temperate regions. Thunderstorms may be accompanied by lightning, lightning, strong winds and heavy precipitation, such as rain or hail. Thunderstorms can occur in spring and summer, the common example is summer afternoon, but they may also occur together with winter snowstorms, which is called thundersnow.
The duration of thunderstorm is usually less than 2 hours, and its life cycle includes cumulus stage, maturity stage and dissipation stage. Mature thunderstorms are characterized by highly developed cumulonimbus clouds. The convection center moves strongly upward and the surrounding area moves downward, which can form downburst and squall front.
According to the mesoscale circulation structure, thunderstorms can be divided into four categories: single thunderstorm, multi-cell thunderstorm, squall line and super-cell thunderstorm; According to the trigger mechanism, thunderstorms can be divided into thermal thunderstorms, frontal thunderstorms and topographic thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms bring about drastic changes in the weather and may become meteorological disasters. Under certain conditions (such as tropical ocean surface), multiple thunderstorms can aggregate and develop into a mesoscale convective system, which has a wider impact. Dry thunderstorms can cause fires through cloud-to-ground discharges. Thunderstorms can be traced back to the early days of human civilization. There are myths related to thunderstorms in ancient China, ancient Rome and ancient American civilizations.
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