Three basic ingredients are required for a thunderstorm to form: moisture, rising unstable air (air that keeps rising when given a nudge), and a lifting mechanism to provide the “nudge.”

Hurricane. An intense tropical weather system with a well-defined circulation and maximum sustained winds of 74 mph (64 knots) or higher. In the western Pacific, hurricanes are called “typhoons”; similar storms in the Indian Ocean are called “cyclones.”

High winds, hail, excessive precipitation, and wildfires are forms and effects of severe weather, as are thunderstorms, downbursts, tornadoes, waterspouts, tropical cyclones, and extratropical cyclones. Regional and seasonal severe weather phenomena include blizzards (snowstorms), ice storms, and duststorms.

Severe Weather Risks 1-MRGL (dark green) – Marginal risk – An area of severe storms of either limited organization and longevity, or very low coverage and marginal intensity. 2-SLGT (yellow) – Slight risk – An area of organized severe storms, which is not widespread in coverage with varying levels of intensity.

Hazardous Weather Outlook: Definitions of Hazard Levels and Their Associated Triggers

A Level 1 (Marginal) Risk of severe weather is issued when strong to borderline severe storms are possible. Thunderstorms are expected to be limited in their organization and/or only last a short amount of time. Severe thunderstorm coverage is anticipated to be very low along with marginal intensity.

Hurricanes The hurricane is the most powerful type of tropical cyclone, and is identified by low pressure systems, high winds, heavy rainfall and storm surges and swells. Hurricanes that reach land can be extremely destructive damaging property and affecting infrastructure.

Tornadoes

The word stormy describes weather conditions like thunder, lightening, dark clouds, wind, and pelting rain.

a relationship with many disagreements. a relationship with frequent quarrels. a relationship with a lot of arguments and shouting. an unpredictable but sometimes passionate relationship.

As adjectives the difference between windy and stormy is that windy is accompanied by wind or windy can be (of a path etc) having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous while stormy is of or pertaining to storms.

1 : relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm a stormy day a stormy autumn. 2 : marked by turmoil or fury a stormy life a stormy conference. Other Words from stormy Synonyms & Antonyms More Example Sentences Learn More about stormy.

The name Stormy is a girl’s name.

stormy. Antonyms: calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled.

Warm Front Warm fronts often bring stormy weather as the warm air mass at the surface rises above the cool air mass, making clouds and storms. As the front passes over an area, the clouds become lower, and rain is likely. There can be thunderstorms around the warm front if the air is unstable.

A severe thunderstorm is a thunderstorm that contains large hail, 1 inch in diameter or larger, and/or damaging straight-line winds of 58 mph or greater (50 nautical mph). Rain cooled air descending from a severe thunderstorms can move at speeds in excess of 100 mph. This is what is called “straight-line” wind gusts.