The highest ever measured thunderstorms
How high into the sky can thunderstorms develop – what are the highest even measured thunderstorms? The strongest updrafts reach the tropopause and produce overshooting tops. The highest storms in …
Convection
Overshooting top
Overshooting tops develop on thunderstorms that have particularly strong updrafts. Overshooting tops typically develop on Cumulonimbus capillatus incus clouds. The updraft punches through the equilibrium level (and thus the anvil), …
Types of convective clouds – from fair-weather clouds to thunderstorms
Convection forms distinct types of clouds. Convective clouds are divided into two types (genera): cumulus and cumulonimbus. Each successive type and species display more vertical development due to more convective …
Convection and moist convection
The warmer air has a lower density than colder air. This makes it buoyant, making it rise. As the air parcels rise, the air’s moisture condenses and forms cumuliform clouds. …
Introduction to convective weather – Cauliflower clouds
We will start with the convective weather. The convective processes in the atmosphere involve heating the air at the surface, which results in lifting the air from the Earth’s surface …