Warm moist air to convect and therefore the pressure falls. The rising air cools and condenses forming clouds.
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2. Condensation releases latent heat, this...
Warms the air and it rises further, cools, condenses and releases further latent heat forming continuous upwards convection currents. Thick, cumulonimbus clouds grow rapidly and give heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.
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3. Convergence occurs: Warm moist air is drawn...
Into the low-pressure system from different directions causing high speed winds at the earth's surface.
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4. The rising air rotates and...
hurricanes follow a spiral path due to the Coriolis Effect.
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5. The Eye - measures between...
5 and 50km in diameter, low wind speeds, clear skies and high temperatures. Descending air increases storms intensity by warming.
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6. Upper atmosphere air rotation...
spreads air outwards and away from the storm.
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2. Condensation releases latent heat, this...
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Warms the air and it rises further, cools, condenses and releases further latent heat forming continuous upwards convection currents. Thick, cumulonimbus clouds grow rapidly and give heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.
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