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Weather Discussion => General Weather Chat => Topic started by: lfmusiclover on September 27, 2008, 02:44:41 PM
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I've got a question for the weather knowledgeable here. WxScan has a special weather statement scroll on right now, and in the scroll it says that Doppler Radar has indicated training thunderstorms over Baltimore. What is a training thunderstorm? One that's training to be a full-fledged thunderstorm (quirky joke :bleh: )? Not sure I've ever heard that term before. :thinking:
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Training thunderstorms are when several thunderstorms that have formed on a single line (and you can many storms in that line that line up like train cars, hence the name "training" thunderstorms) , and each hit the same area one after another (which can result in flooding).
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I see. Very interesting. Thanks for the answer Stephen! B) :cool3:
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That same train of storms that effected your area earlier today came right up here and trained over us... :yes:
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another Train of storms are affecting my area as we speak.
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Training thunderstorms are when several thunderstorms that have formed on a single line (and you can many storms in that line that line up like train cars, hence the name "training" thunderstorms) , and each hit the same area one after another (which can result in flooding).
Wow I never knew that. Thanks for the info Stephen! :)
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This happened at about the same time last month here. It sucks. We saw it for 2 1/2 days straight..it's crazy.