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Storm or storm?

Storm and storm are both words to describe bad weather, but there are some differences between them.

1, storm refers to the weather phenomenon with strong wind and heavy rain. This kind of weather is often accompanied by strong convective weather such as thunderstorm, lightning and hail, which often brings great inconvenience and danger to people. In nature, storms are usually a very shocking and spectacular sight.

2. The storm emphasizes the suddenness and violence of the rain, and describes that the weather changes very quickly, which makes people unprepared. Storm is usually used to describe thunderstorm weather in summer, because it comes suddenly and goes quickly, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

3. Storms and storms also have some differences in formation and meteorology. Storms are usually caused by powerful weather systems such as large cyclones or tropical cyclones, while storms are usually caused by smaller weather systems such as convective cells or frontal clouds.

The conditions for storm formation are as follows:

1. Water vapor condition: Water vapor is an important condition for the formation of rainstorm. A large amount of water vapor is rising in tropical or subtropical areas, forming a tropical or subtropical depression, which leads to a large amount of precipitation.

2. Circulation conditions: The appearance of strong weather systems such as large cyclones or tropical cyclones will bring storms. During the movement, these cyclones or tropical cyclones will continuously absorb the surrounding water vapor, strengthen the wind, form strong convective weather, and lead to the formation of heavy rain.

3. Lifting conditions: When the water vapor and circulation conditions are met, lifting conditions are needed. The uplift conditions are usually caused by topographic factors such as topography and mountains or weather systems such as fronts and cloud systems. In the process of rising, water vapor will continue to cool and condense into clouds and precipitation, leading to the formation of heavy rain.

4. Convergence and divergence conditions: the formation of a large-scale rainstorm requires certain convergence and divergence conditions. In the convergence area, the airflow will rise, cool and condense into clouds and precipitation; In the divergent area, the airflow will sink, heat and evaporate, forming a sunny day. Heavy rain usually occurs at the junction of convergence area and divergence area, forming a storm weather phenomenon.