thunderstorm

A convective storm accompanied by lightning and thunder and rain, rarely snow showers but often hail, and gusty squall winds at the onset of precipitation; the characteristic cloud is the cumulonimbus.

Related terms:

• nimbostratus
• thunderstorm day
• thunderstorm cell
• Hail Reported In Berkeley, Concord During Thunderstorm
• thunderstorm charge separation
• rainsquall
• thunderbolt
• heat thunderstorm
• frontal thunderstorm
• advective thunderstorm