Atmospheric Convection - Concerns Regarding Severe Deep Moist Convection

Concerns Regarding Severe Deep Moist Convection

Buoyancy is key to thunderstorm growth and is necessary for any of the severe threats within a thunderstorm. There are other processes, not necessarily thermodynamic, that can increase updraft strength. These include updraft rotation, low level convergence, and evacuation of mass out of the top of the updraft via strong upper level winds and the jet stream.

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