Thunder Storms

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Thunder Storms Happend A Lot In Our Life And Thunderstorms Can Be Dangerous and im Going to Tell you a little bit about it and How to Stay Safe

What is a Thunderstorm

A thunderstorm is nothing more than millions of droplets of water vapor suspended in the atmosphere that produces lightning, rainfall, winds, hail or tornados. Thunderstorms form when instability in the atmosphere causes large clouds called cumulonimbus to form that reach great heights in the atmosphere. It is the great heights at which the storms grow to that cause a phenomena called lightning. Towards the tops of the thunderstorms the water droplets become super cooled to temperatures as low as -60 degrees celsius. Supercooled means that the drops of water have not turned into a solid (ice) however it is still at the very cold temperatures. At the very top of a thunderstorm there is a region known as the anvil. This is where the thunderstorm cannot reach anymore height in the atmosphere due to the stratosphere being stable so the cloud only has one way to go now instead of straight up. The cloud starts to spread out along the bottom of the stratosphere, much like steam spreads out along a roof in the kitchen. This is often the high whispy looking cloud you see at the top of a thunderstorm. Dust and other matter gets sucked into the thunderstorm when it is growing in its size and it is at this point that if a supercooled water droplet comes in contact with a piece of dust, it will immediately turn to a solid (ice).

What are the Signs Of a Thunderstorm

Hot Really Calm And Than It Gets Really Dark

What Type of Clouds are Thunderstorms

Cumulonimbus Clouds Are Thunderstorm clouds

What Should you Do if A T-Storm Develops

If you are Indoors Get Away From the Windows Do Not Take a Shower Or Talk on the Telephone Thunderstorms can strike the power lines which electrictie can travel to your house and than you you dont want to get shocked

if you are outdoors

Go Indoors

Defination of

Safe Buildings

A safe building is one that is fully enclosed with a roof, walls and floor, and has plumbing or wiring. Examples include a home, school, church, hotel, office building or shopping center. Once inside, stay away from showers, sinks, bath tubs, and electronic equipment such as TVs, radios, corded telephones and computers.

Unsafe buildings include car ports, open garages, covered patios, picnic shelters, beach pavilions, golf shelters, tents of any kinds, baseball dugouts, sheds and greenhouses.

Safe Vehicles

A safe vehicle is any fully enclosed metal-topped vehicle such as a hard-topped car, minivan, bus, truck, etc. While inside a safe vehicle, do not use electronic devices such as radio communications during a thunderstorm. If you drive into a thunderstorm, slow down and use extra caution. If possible, pull off the road into a safe area. Do not leave the vehicle during a thunderstorm.

Unsafe vehicles include convertibles, golf carts, riding mowers, open cab construction equipment and boats without cabins.

If you Can Not Get to a Building Get on the ground and Lie Flat On the ground

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