Hector (cloud)
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Hector is a cumulonimbus thundercloud cluster that forms regularly nearly every afternoon on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory of Australia, from approximately September to March each year. H
Hector viewed from Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin looking northwest at a distance of approximately 80 km (50 mi)
Hector from Gunn Point, Northern Territory
Thunderstorm
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A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundersho
Hector (cloud)
…from approximately September to March each year. Hector, or sometimes Hector the Convector, is known as one of the world's most consistently large thunderstorms; specifically, a small mesoscale convective system (MCS) or large multicellular thunderstorm. It reaches heights of approximately 20 kilometres (66,000…
Lightning from a thunderstorm near Pritzerbe, Germany
Stages of a thunderstorm's life
Thunderstorms often develop from cumulus congestus clouds.
Anvil-shaped thundercloud in the mature stage