Rainband
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A rainband is a cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall which is significantly elongated. Rainbands in tropical cyclones can be either stratiform or convective and are cu
Band of thunderstorms seen on a weather radar display
Photograph of rainbands in Hurricane Isidore
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
Rainband
…is significantly elongated. Rainbands in tropical cyclones can be either stratiform or convective and are curved in shape. They consist of showers and thunderstorms, and along with the eyewall and the eye, they make up a tropical cyclone. The extent of rainbands around a tropical cyclone can help determine the…
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