Thunderstorm
noun
A violent weather condition with rain, thunder, lightning, and strong winds.
The picnic was ruined by a sudden thunderstorm.
Often appears as...
- approaching thunderstorm
- severe thunderstorm
noun
A violent weather condition with rain, thunder, lightning, and strong winds.
The picnic was ruined by a sudden thunderstorm.
Often appears as...
- approaching thunderstorm
- severe thunderstorm
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Reports
The word 'thunderstorm' is common in weather forecasts and refers to specific conditions.
Tonight's forecast predicts a thunderstorm with possible hail.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
'Thunderstorm' often implies unpleasant and disruptive weather, causing plans to change.
We moved the wedding indoors due to the thunderstorm warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Variation
Terms like 'severe' or 'isolated' indicate the strength and spread of a thunderstorm.
The weather service issued an alert for a severe thunderstorm tonight.
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
would probably jump and run a little bit but you must remember like I say for them this is par for the course almost daily you get these thunderstorms like this some way in the Mara so these guys get quite used to the fact that rain is part and parcel of their life and and so you'll find that they're not that fazed by it you can see off of them are still
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Upturning Tornadoes PIPE...
a tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is spawned by a much larger system a very intense rotating thunderstorm we call a supercell thanks to great scientific advances we have a very good understanding of how supercell thunderstorm forms but we don't yet have
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A sci-fi vision of love...
There was a thunderstorm here this morning. There is another forecast for tonight, but for now the sky is clear. I can't feel the wind here, but I just asked one of the caretakers who passed by what it felt like, and she said it felt warm, like melted butter.
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Life of an astronaut -...
on its way off the pad. A nearby thunderstorm, there was a lightning bolt that went over and hit the very tip of the spacecraft. The charge went down through the spacecraft, through the booster, down the exhaust gases, and grounded out on the launching pad.
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A Fun, Animated History...
him for the rest of his life suddenly a thunderstorm up a wild violent one luther is terrified of being struck by lightning and dying because all his life he has been told that he must earn a place in heaven when he dies and he
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The habits of happiness...
Look at anger itself. It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm. We think we could sit on the cloud, but if you go there, it's just mist. Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger,
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Thunderstorms 101 PIPE...
Cool, dry air from the upper layers of the atmosphere known as a downdraft then pull this moisture downward causing it to fall as life-sustaining rain. In addition to helping sustain life, thunderstorms also help
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Wildfires 101 PIPE National...
and frequent lightning and thunderstorms can create the perfect setting for wildfires. While they can be destructive, and sometimes even deadly for humans, wildfires do play an important role in nature.
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Flying Spiders! PIPE Animal...
but these smart spiders are actually tapping into the earth's electric fields there are different levels of electricity in the air produced naturally by thunderstorms around the planet
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Lessons Learned From...
the world is supposed to feel for me this is that place the rustling of the aspen the blooming of the columbines the thunderstorms and blizzards there
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
would probably jump and run a little bit but you must remember like I say for them this is par for the course almost daily you get these thunderstorms like this some way in the Mara so these guys get quite used to the fact that rain is part and parcel of their life and and so you'll find that they're not that fazed by it you can see off of them are still
Video examples
Upturning Tornadoes PIPE...
a tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is spawned by a much larger system a very intense rotating thunderstorm we call a supercell thanks to great scientific advances we have a very good understanding of how supercell thunderstorm forms but we don't yet have
Video examples
A sci-fi vision of love...
There was a thunderstorm here this morning. There is another forecast for tonight, but for now the sky is clear. I can't feel the wind here, but I just asked one of the caretakers who passed by what it felt like, and she said it felt warm, like melted butter.
Video examples
Life of an astronaut -...
on its way off the pad. A nearby thunderstorm, there was a lightning bolt that went over and hit the very tip of the spacecraft. The charge went down through the spacecraft, through the booster, down the exhaust gases, and grounded out on the launching pad.
Video examples
A Fun, Animated History...
him for the rest of his life suddenly a thunderstorm up a wild violent one luther is terrified of being struck by lightning and dying because all his life he has been told that he must earn a place in heaven when he dies and he
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
Look at anger itself. It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm. We think we could sit on the cloud, but if you go there, it's just mist. Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger,
Video examples
Thunderstorms 101 PIPE...
Cool, dry air from the upper layers of the atmosphere known as a downdraft then pull this moisture downward causing it to fall as life-sustaining rain. In addition to helping sustain life, thunderstorms also help
Video examples
Wildfires 101 PIPE National...
and frequent lightning and thunderstorms can create the perfect setting for wildfires. While they can be destructive, and sometimes even deadly for humans, wildfires do play an important role in nature.
Video examples
Flying Spiders! PIPE Animal...
but these smart spiders are actually tapping into the earth's electric fields there are different levels of electricity in the air produced naturally by thunderstorms around the planet
Video examples
Lessons Learned From...
the world is supposed to feel for me this is that place the rustling of the aspen the blooming of the columbines the thunderstorms and blizzards there
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Marion Cotillard
French Actress
You don't sleep anymore, but at the same time, you have this strength that comes from this life that has just arrived. It's a big cliche how your priorities change, but every parent knows that sometimes there's a thunderstorm, and you look at his eyes, and everything is all right. It is a revolution of everything you feel.
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Stephen Chbosky
American Novelist
As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn't a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.
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J. Courtney Sullivan
American Novelist
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
American Poet
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead - or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunderstorm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.
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Randall Jarrell
American Poet
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.
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Ralph Steadman
British Cartoonist
I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
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Evangeline Lilly
Canadian Actress
I had my baby outside in a thunderstorm. It was really romantic.
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Marion Cotillard
French Actress
You don't sleep anymore, but at the same time, you have this strength that comes from this life that has just arrived. It's a big cliche how your priorities change, but every parent knows that sometimes there's a thunderstorm, and you look at his eyes, and everything is all right. It is a revolution of everything you feel.
Quote examples
Stephen Chbosky
American Novelist
As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn't a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.
Quote examples
J. Courtney Sullivan
American Novelist
I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
American Poet
Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead - or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunderstorm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.
Quote examples
Randall Jarrell
American Poet
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.
Quote examples
Ralph Steadman
British Cartoonist
I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
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Evangeline Lilly
Canadian Actress
I had my baby outside in a thunderstorm. It was really romantic.
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