ALL ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS
This picture shows the first stage of a thunderstorm, the cumulus stage
this picture shows the second stage of a thunderstorm, the Mature Stage
The Stages of a Thunderstorm
When the sun heats the ground during the day.The heat on the ground rises and forms Cumulus clouds.The Cumulus stage is the first stage of a thunderstorm.
The second stage of a thunderstorm is the Mature Sage.This is when precipitation and lightning occers.At this stage the cumulus cloud grows bigger and bigger untill it is a cumuonimbus cloud.During this phase of the life cycle the top of cumulonimbus cloud will start to flatten out.
The third stage of a thunderstorm is the Disspassing stage.This is when the thunderstorm starts to Disspass or fade away.
This picture shows the last a nd final stage of a thunderstorm, the Disspassing stage.