Context: Sunlight may be stored as gravitational potential energy after it strikes the Earth, as (for example) water evaporates from oceans and is deposited upon mountains (where, after being released at a hydroelectric dam, it can be used to drive turbines or generators to produce electricity). Sunlight also drives many weather phenomena, save those generated by volcanic events. An example of a solar-mediated weather event is a hurricane, which occurs when large unstable areas of warm ocean, heated over months, give up some of their thermal energy suddenly to power a few days of violent air movement.

Question: When may sunlight be stored as gravitational potential energy?
Answer: after it strikes the Earth

Question: This drives many weather phenomena, save those generated by volcanic events.
Answer: Sunlight

Question: What is an example of a solar-mediated weather event?
Answer: hurricane

Question: What occurs when large unstable areas of warm ocean, heated over months, give up some of their thermal energy suddenly to power a few days of violent air movement?
Answer: hurricane

Question: When may sunlight be stored as gravitational kinetic energy?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: This drives no weather phenomena, save those generated by volcanic events.
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is an example of a water-mediated weather event?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: after being released at a wind powered dam, it can be used to drive turbines or generators to produce what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What occurs when large unstable areas of warm ocean, heated over months, give up some of their thermal energy suddenly to power a few days of violent air movement?
Answer: Unanswerable