File:Thunderstorms Just East of Louisville, Kentucky (14497064722).jpg
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A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, or a thundershower, is a type of storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the thunderstorm is the cumulonimbus. Thunderstorms are usually accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, hail, or no precipitation at all. Those that cause hail to fall are called hailstorms. Thunderstorms may line up in a series or rainband, known as a squall line. Strong or severe thunderstorms may rotate, known as supercells. While most thunderstorms move with the mean wind flow through the layer of the troposphere that they occupy, vertical wind shear causes a deviation in their course at a right angle to the wind shear direction. Thunderstorms result from the rapid upward movement of warm, moist air. They can occur inside warm, moist air masses and at fronts. As the warm, moist air moves upward, it cools, condenses, and forms cumulonimbus clouds that can reach heights of over 20 km (12.45 miles). As the rising air reaches its dew point, water droplets and ice form and begin falling the long distance through the clouds towards the Earth's surface. As the droplets fall, they collide with other droplets and become larger. The falling droplets create a downdraft of cold air and moisture that spreads out at the Earth's surface, causing the strong winds commonly associated with thunderstorms, and occasionally fog. Thunderstorms can generally form and develop in any particular geographic location, perhaps most frequently within areas located at mid-latitude when warm moist air collides with cooler air. Thunderstorms are responsible for the development and formation of many severe weather phenomena. Thunderstorms, and the phenomena that occur along with them, pose great hazards to populations and landscapes. Damage that results from thunderstorms is mainly inflicted by downburst winds, large hailstones, and flash flooding caused by heavy precipitation. Stronger thunderstorm cells are capable of producing tornadoes and waterspouts. A 1953 study found that the average thunderstorm over several hours expends enough energy to equal 50 A-bombs of the type that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during World War Two. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstorm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
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Source | Thunderstorms Just East of Louisville, Kentucky |
Author | Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
Camera location | 38° 13′ 18.53″ N, 85° 28′ 34.77″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.221813; -85.476325 |
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Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX280 HS |
Exposure time | 1/1,000 sec (0.001) |
F-number | f/4 |
ISO speed rating | 80 |
Date and time of data generation | 16:40, 23 June 2014 |
Lens focal length | 8.33 mm |
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Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 180 dpi |
File change date and time | 16:40, 23 June 2014 |
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Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:40, 23 June 2014 |
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Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
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File source | Digital still camera |
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White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Scene capture type | Standard |
GPS tag version | 0.0.3.2 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |