Study Questions:

1.  What defines a thunderstorm?

2.  Can an observer use other criteria to report a thunderstorm at the airport?

3.  When will thunderstorms stop being reported at an airport?

4.  What 3 ingredients  create and keep a thunderstorm building?

5.  What are some ways that uplift occurs?

6.  What is a TCU?

7.  What defines a microburst versus a macroburst?

8.  How is hail formed?

9.  What are the names of the three stages of a thunderstorm's life cycle?

10.. What is an MCC?

11. What is a  "supercell?"

12.  What is the difference between a tornado and a derecho?

13.  If thunder occurs 15 seconds after a flash of lightning, how far away was the stroke?