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Make a Thunderstorm! Grades 5-8. Adapted from UCAR/NCAR Web Weather for Kids. Background | Materials | Instructions | Think About It ...
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www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/thunderstorms.html
www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/thunderstorms.html
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A thunderstorm is caused by unstable air and convection plays an important part. As a cold front approaches, a body of warm air is forced to rise. A strong, persistent updraft of warm moist air is formed and lifted by the approaching cold front.
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library.thinkquest.org/CR0214482/make_a_thunderstorm.ht...
library.thinkquest.org/CR0214482/make_a_thunderstorm.htm
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Learn how thunderstorms form, and how they can be dangerous to you. ... thunder won't hurt you - lightning will! So it's important to pay attention when you hear thunder. Thunderstorms happen in every state and every thunderstorm has lightning. Lightning can strike people and buildings and is very dangerous.
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www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm
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Make Convection Currents! ... A thunderstorm is caused by unstable air. A body of warm air is forced to rise by an approaching cold front. A strong, persistent updraft of warm moist air is formed. The approaching cold front helps build the updraft into a cumulus cloud.
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eo.ucar.edu/webweather/tornact2.html
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The THUNDERSTORM TABLE shows the forecaster WHICH STORMS are most dangerous and WHY. The THUNDERSTORM TABLE helps the FORECASTER to make a WISE and QUICK DECISION on whether or not to issue at NWS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM or TORNADO WARNING.
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www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/scan/test2/scanwdss.htm
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The red line is the temperature and the blue line is the dew point. The boxes on the red and blue lines are the adjustment points -- you may drag these left-and-right to change the values. ... The purple line shows the temperature of a parcel of air lifted from the ground. The box on this line represents the point where...
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profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/thermo/tstm.html
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The men's C2 semifinal finished before a thunderstorm postponed the competition in the mid afternoon. The men's C2 finals, the women's K1 semifinals and finals were rescheduled to Friday, ... The combination of Hu Minghai and Shu Junrong came in last among 10 crews and failed to be among the top 6 to make the final.
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news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/14/content_9304027.h...
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/14/content_9304027.htm
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www.wemakeitthunderstorm.com/video/Output_Seg01_01.htm
www.wemakeitthunderstorm.com/video/Output_Seg01_01.htm
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Explains what lightning and thunder are. ... What Puts the Thunder in the Thunderstorm? ... Bolt from the blue: A lightning bolt from a distant thunderstorm, seeming to come out of the clear blue sky, but really from the top or edge of a thunderstorm a few miles away.
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www.wxdude.com/page5.html
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