Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - What does thunderstorm weather mean? How to explain thunderstorm weather?

What does thunderstorm weather mean? How to explain thunderstorm weather?

1. Thunderstorm weather is a local strong convective weather visible in tropical and temperate regions.

2. 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 can also occur in winter snowstorms.

3. The duration of thunderstorms is generally short, and the life history of a single thunderstorm is generally less than 2 hours. There are more thunderstorms in the south of China than in the north, and there are more thunderstorms in the mountains than in the plains. Most of them appear in summer and autumn, and only occasionally in southern China in winter. Thunderstorms usually occur in the afternoon. At night, due to the radiation cooling of the cloud top, the temperature stratification in the cloud becomes unstable, and it can also cause thunderstorms, which are called night thunderstorms.