| Humidity, torrential rain and thunderstorms ensured that the disease continued to spread and many more crops were destroyed. |
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| The start of the tie had been delayed after Friday's schedule was washed out with hours of rain, thunderstorms and lightning. |
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| We have the lightning strokes of thunderstorms, we have the sudden downpours out of a clear sky. |
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| If it is very unstable then thunderstorms or tornadoes can easily form, whereas if it is very stable nothing of the sort would happen. |
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| The spokesperson explained that heavy thunderstorms come from cumulous cloud, which go up to 40,000 ft into the atmosphere. |
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| These types of funnel clouds form out of large cumulus clouds or very weak thunderstorms and normally do not have the energy to reach the ground. |
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| The heat has also triggered violent thunderstorms and flash floods in northern Britain. |
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| In addition to carrying heat away from the ground, convection causes clouds, thunderstorms, and hurricanes to form. |
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| The rain from mature thunderstorms can be compared to normal rain like a fire hose can be compared to a garden hose. |
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| It has survived thunderstorms and cloudbursts and has taken place every year except during the two world wars. |
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| The conditions required for tropical cyclones are also suitable conditions for thunderstorms, deep convective clouds with strong updraughts. |
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| Violent thunderstorms and rain caused chaos on the region's roads and railways last night. |
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| June is a funny month seeing anything from snow to thunderstorms to heatwaves. |
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| The really big hailstones usually accompany ferocious thunderstorms that produce tornados. |
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| It was an overcast morning with thunderstorms predicted, and although it rained and hailed around lunchtime, most of the day remained fine. |
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| On the afternoon of 4 November 1973, intense thunderstorms built up west of Brisbane. |
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| The weather was scattered low clouds, light and variable winds, with thunderstorms in the area. |
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| Convection cells on Earth cause thermals, breezes, thunderstorms and other weather patterns. |
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| Her hair was cut boy-short, a strange kind of brassy reddish-gold which made him think of thunderstorms. |
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| Warm, humid conditions are very favorable for thunderstorm development as strong updrafts feed warm, moist air into thunderstorms. |
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| Hailstones are formed by winds known as updrafts that blow upward in thunderstorms. |
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| The weather is unpredictable, ranging from heat and humidity to thunderstorms. |
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| Apocalyptic thunderstorms bookend the show, the first one orphaning a distinctly strange group of kids. |
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| Steep topography, sparse vegetation, and infrequent but intense thunderstorms typify many flash-flood hazard areas. |
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| This is the best time to avoid turbulence either from possible thunderstorms or heat convection from the sun. |
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| Even such truncated performances, however, are thought to evoke cosmic responses such as thunderstorms or strong rain. |
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| Sometimes decaying tropical cyclones or the monsoon trough move well south into the central regions, bringing widespread rain and thunderstorms. |
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| Like sheet lightning, these flashes are created by lightning bolts, but are in thunderstorms more than 10 miles away. |
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| The River Ouse above York had risen to seven feet above normal after midweek thunderstorms and ruined the annual first Sunday open. |
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| The best advice is to give all thunderstorms a wide berth and not to even think about deliberately penetrating a storm front. |
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| Changes in wind direction associated with turbulence, caused by weather fronts, thunderstorms, microbursts, etc. |
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| The front's passage may be marked by thunderstorms or, if rainfall has been very low for a prolonged period, a wall of dust. |
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| Even in thunderstorms and downpours the game continued, sometimes with just a brief break to allow the rain water to drain away. |
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| Near the ground, thunderstorms sometimes create quick changes in wind speed and direction, called wind shear, which has caused several crashes. |
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| A little chanting, a little stretching and a little meditation later, I was home safe and sound before the thunderstorms came. |
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| All the clouds were below 20,000 feet, with broken ceilings and embedded thunderstorms. |
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| He also had an uncanny feel for the weather and many times accurately predicted a day of storms, especially violent thunderstorms and tornadoes. |
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| The most significant features of the wet season are thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and rain depressions. |
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| There was a 70 percent chance of rain today, with a slight let-up on Saturday morning, but thunderstorms were expected later. |
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| The arrival of summer brings increased chances of thunderstorms and dangerous lightning. |
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| They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud. |
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| Stress-induced destructive behavior may also result from a phobia to thunderstorms or other loud noises. |
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| Carry one gallon of water per person per day, and beware of sudden wind gusts or thunderstorms. |
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| Heavy rains during summer thunderstorms, however, can trigger sudden avalanches of wet sand, called debris flows. |
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| Monday dawned with thunderstorms and a downpour of tropical intensity, but by midday the sun was out again. |
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| All the preceding afternoon and night heavy thunderstorms had hissed down upon the meads. |
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| Why don't hurricanes have much lightning and thunder even though they are made of thunderstorms? |
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| These thunderstorms often produce heavy precipitation, which can cause soil erosion. |
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| Last night East London appeared to be getting its share of the rain, with heavy thunderstorms in the early evening. |
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| He said temperatures will remain high on Monday and Tuesday but thunderstorms and heavy rain could also be expected. |
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| The thunderstorms that spin out tornadoes are big clouds with lots of water and ice in them to block sunlight. |
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| After thunderstorms on the Florida coasts beach combers find fulgurite in the sands. |
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| Search conditions varied from fine weather to thunderstorms and heavy squalls. |
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| Lines of thunderstorms that cause one downburst after another are called derechoes. |
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| Lightning discharges also generate electromagnetic energy heard on radio receivers as spherics, which may be used to locate distant thunderstorms. |
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| Tornadic thunderstorms can also produce waterspouts and downbursts. |
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| Sydney is no stranger to severe thunderstorms, and because large expanses of the urban area are paved, much of the rainfall becomes flood run-off. |
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| Of course, real lightning from thunderstorms is far more powerful. |
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| He even spent a couple of weeks at a military boot camp to prepare, braving extremes of weather from blistering heat to thunderstorms and a tornado. |
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| While hailstones are ice, hail is mostly a summer phenomena because the strong thunderstorms needed to produce hail are much more common during warm weather. |
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| At that point, thunderstorms forced the plane into a holding pattern. |
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| Watershed researchers want to learn how far they travel when sudden summer thunderstorms send them rolling and tumbling along the dry stream beds of the parched Southwest. |
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| It was at one time the custom to consecrate church bells in the expectation that their chimes would drive away thunderstorms and ensure safety from lightning. |
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| Quick downpours from summer thunderstorms can cause flash floods anywhere. |
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| He remembered how he used to crawl into the older man's bed when he was very young, when things like thunderstorms and strong gales still frightened him. |
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| Simpson took charge of Kew observatory where he continued his research on the electrical structure of thunderstorms and electrification of precipitation. |
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| The sudden appearance of thunderstorms is a very common occurrence this season as it's a summer in which we have experienced some downfalls of rain an severe lightning storms. |
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| On average, July is the driest month, but summer thunderstorms can occasionally deposit more than the month's mean rainfall in one day. |
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| Generally speaking, rain falls mostly during the summer months, often in the form of thunderstorms. |
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| The state averages around 50 days of thunderstorms per year, some of which can be severe with large hail and damaging winds. |
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| As in the rest of the Deep South, thunderstorms are common in Mississippi, especially in the southern part of the state. |
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| The area is also prone to frequent thunderstorms, especially in the summer. |
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| The driest months are usually April, May and June, and Wales experiences fewer summer thunderstorms than England. |
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| From blazars to thunderstorms, from dark matter to supernova remnants, catch the highlights of NASA Fermi's first five years in space. |
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| And while Scots basked in 20 hours of sunshine, the Canaries and the Balearic Islands were hit by thunderstorms. |
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| The advected airmass, however, remains too shallow to produce any typical summer thunderstorms of meaningful intensity. |
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| Some thunderstorms were in the area, according to weather reports. |
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| Chandrababu Naidu, said the fatalities occurred when thunderstorms and rain lashed eight districts in Andhra Pradesh. |
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| Cold fronts may feature narrow bands of thunderstorms and severe weather, and may on occasion be preceded by squall lines or dry lines. |
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| Changes in that type of lightning can also give us a better understanding of the updraft strength in thunderstorms. |
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| A derecho is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that typically accompanies a band of severe thunderstorms. |
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| The hot weather is often followed by heavy rain, thunderstorms and occasional typhoons. |
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| Summer is hot and humid with occasional showers and thunderstorms, and warm air coming from the southwest. |
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| The rain is mostly short showers, often with thunderstorms and occasionally with dust storms. |
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| This creates large thunderstorms that can spawn haboobs, or intense dust storms. |
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| Precipitation is spread evenly throughout the year with a light peak in summer due to showers and thunderstorms. |
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| There is less rainfall from summer convective showers and thunderstorms than in inland areas. |
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| Occasionally weather considerations cause delays to aircraft prior to their departure as routes are closed by thunderstorms. |
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| In Area Control Centers, a major weather problem is thunderstorms, which present a variety of hazards to aircraft. |
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| A stewardess suffered a suspected broken hip when the easyJet plane carrying Lucy and David Westbrooke plummeted during thunderstorms over Italy. |
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| Most summer rainfall occurs during thunderstorms and from occasional tropical cyclones. |
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| In summer, a large proportion of the rainfall is caused by sun heating the ground, leading to convection and to showers and thunderstorms. |
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| For 100 years, Arkansas Power and Light and Entergy crews have responded to ice storms, tornadoes, thunderstorms and hurricanes. |
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| Utilizing this measurement of energy, scientists can now further the academic studies on lightning, thunderstorms and the lower atmosphere. |
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| The months of June and July are marked by some thunderstorms on average 2 days per month. |
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| In summer, a large proportion of the rainfall is caused by sun heating the ground leading to convection and to showers and thunderstorms. |
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| However, in summer, the rare rainfalls can be characterized by short but severe thunderstorms, which can cause flash floods. |
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| Lightning gives off a radio signal as it ionizes the air, and his goal was to detect this signal to warn pilots of approaching thunderstorms. |
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| The entire state averages over 60 days of thunderstorms a year, more than any other state except Florida. |
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| Instead he joined the Meteorological Office, which was interested in his ideas on the use of radio for the detection of thunderstorms. |
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| Hail is common with many of the thunderstorms in the state, as there is often a marked contrast in temperature of warmer ground conditions compared to the cold air aloft. |
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| A total of 17 of the 28 Bulgarian districts have declared a third-degree alert order because of the forecasts for torrential rains and thunderstorms. |
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| Over France the altocumuli castellani clouds at medium level indicate a very unstable air mass there, because these clouds often develop into thunderstorms. |
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| They often take the form of intense thunderstorms of short duration. |
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| Mean annual rainfall is approximately 550 mm to 600 mm, most of which is received between October and April, usually in the form of convectional thunderstorms. |
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| In addition, millions of Rand's worth of damages has been reported across the disaster area, as the effects of the recent flash floods and thunderstorms begin to emerge. |
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| Outer rainbands can organize into an outer ring of thunderstorms that slowly moves inward, which is believed to rob the primary eyewall of moisture and angular momentum. |
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| The spring season in March is warm with occasional thunderstorms. |
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| A wide variety of weather can be found along an occluded front, with thunderstorms possible, but usually their passage is associated with a drying of the air mass. |
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