Lesson 1
Meteorological Satellite Orbits
Lesson 2
Review of Radiative Transfer
Lesson 3
Visible Image Interpretation
Lesson 4
Infrared Image Interpretation
Lesson 5
Multispectral Image Interpretation
Lesson 6
Fires & Aerosols
Lesson 7
Winds
Lesson 8
Sounders
Lesson 9
Fog and Stratus
Lesson 10
Thunderstorm
Lesson 11
Energy Budget
Lesson 12
Hurricanes
Lesson 13
Global Circulation
Lesson 14
Synoptic Scale
Lesson 15
Local Circulation
Lesson 16
Satellite Oceanography
Lesson 17
Precipitation

Lesson 10: Background

Thunderstorms

The average number of thunderstorm days per year across the lower 48 United States.

A thunderstorm is a cumulonimbus storm that produces lightning and thunder. There are different types of thunderstorms, some of which produce more severe weather than others. Lightning is potentially deadly. Tornadoes, floods, and hail can be extremely destructive, dangerous severe weather conditions. Satellite observations can play an important role in identifying the location of severe weather.

  1. Overshooting Tops
  2. Enhanced V
  3. Lifted Index
  4. Squall Line
  5. 08 August 2001 Storm
  6. Outflow boundaries on 29 May 1998
  7. MVC on 8 July 1998

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