About 120 results for ‘Thunderstorm’
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Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, thundershower or simply a storm is a form of weather 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. 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 air that spreads out at the Earth's surface and causes strong winds associated commonly with thunderstorms. Thunderstorms can generally form and develop in any 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 types that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during World War Two. Weather</tr> Calendar seasons</tr> Spring · Summer Autumn · Winter Tropical seasons Dry season · Wet season Storms</tr> Thunderstorm · Supercell Downburst · Lightning Tornado · Waterspout Tropical cyclone (Hurricane) Extratropical cyclone Winter storm · Blizzard · Ice storm Dust storm · Firestorm · Cloud Precipitation</tr> Drizzle · Rain · Snow · Graupel Freezing rain · Ice pellets · Hail Topics</tr> Meteorology · Climate Weather forecasting Heat wave · Air pollution Cold wave Weather portal vte There are four types of thunderstorms: single-cell, multicell cluster, multicell lines, and supercells. Supercell thunderstorms are the strongest and the most associated with severe weather phenomena. Mesoscale convective systems formed by favorable vertical wind shear within the tropics and subtropics are responsible for the development of hurricanes. Dry thunderstorms, with no precipitation, can cause the outbreak of wildfires with the heat generated from the cloud-to-ground lightning that accompanies them. Several methods are used to study thunderstorms, such as weather radar, weather stations, and video photography. Past civilizations held various myths concerning thunderstorms and their development as late as the 18th century. Other than within the Earth's atmosphere, thunderstorms have also been observed on Jupiter and Venus.
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Le Chêne et le Roseau (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Oak
- Reed (plant)
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Le moulin dans la grisaille [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- House
- Landscape
- Thunderstorm
- Trail
- Windmill
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Tempête sur les Tas de Pois [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Crozon
- Landscape
- Sailing ship
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Les sirènes (maquette esquissée) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boat
- Dolphin
- Shipwreck (accident)
- Sun
- Thunderstorm
- Wind wave
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Feuillet double : (Page 1, 2, 3, 4, ) orage dans le jardi...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Barnyard
- Columba (genus)
- Design engineer
- Garden
- Herb
- House
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Pages 5, 6, 7, 8 : les fourmis ; Cerf-volant dans la temp...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- Electricity
- Herb
- House
- Kite
- Rooster
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Charles Cazin
L'orage
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cloud
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Thunderstorm
- Village
- Équihen-Plage
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gustave Courbet
La mer orageuse, dit aussi La vague
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Thunderstorm
- Wind wave
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles-Antoine Coypel
Persée délivrant Andromède
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Cassiopeia (mythology)
- Cepheus, King of Aethiopia
- Crowd
- Cupid
- Dragon
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jules Dupré
SOLEIL COUCHANT APRES L'ORAGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dairy cattle
- Landscape
- Pond
- Thunderstorm
- Twilight
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard
L'ORAGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cart
- Peasant
- Sheep
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Le printemps
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fruit tree
- Landscape
- Rainbow
- Spring (season)
- Thunderstorm
- Trail
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Nicolas Poussin
L'HIVER ou LE DELUGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flood
- Lightning
- Man
- Shipwreck (accident)
- Thunderstorm
- Toddler
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore Rousseau
La mare ; Ciel orageux
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Deciduous
- Landscape
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore Rousseau
VUE DE LA PLAINE DE MONTMARTRE ; EFFET D'ORAGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Théodore Rousseau
Route dans la forêt de Fontainebleau ; effet d'orage
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fontainebleau
- Forest
- Landscape
- Road
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
L'ORAGE AU BORD D'UN LAC
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- House
- Lake
- Landscape
- Mountain
- Thunderstorm
- Vegetation
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
L'ORAGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Hill
- Landscape
- Thunderstorm
- Tree
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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BATEAUX SUR L'ESTUAIRE DU HOLLANDS DIEP, PRIS DANS UN ORAGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cloud
- Landscape
- Lightning
- Sailing ship
- Storm
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LE JUGEMENT DERNIER
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Devil
- Falling (accident)
- Jesus
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Nudity
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Boudin
LE PORT DE CAMARET PAR CIEL D'ORAGE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Camaret-sur-Mer
- Landscape
- Lighthouse
- Port (disambiguation)
- Sailing ship
- Thunderstorm
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LA PROCESSION INTERROMPUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar server
- Banner
- Crucifix
- Drum
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- Procession
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- Date:
- 19th century
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