The United States of America accepted Hawaii as the 50th state to enter the union. Below, you will find the official state symbols and interesting facts about Hawaii.
Thunderstorm Formation. Most thunderstorms form by a cycle that has three stages: the cumulus stage, mature stage, and dissipating stage. Cumulus Stage. The sun heats the Earth's surface during the day. The heat on the surface and warms the air around it.
The flash of lightning temporarily equalizes the charged regions in the atmosphere until the opposite charges build up again. Lightning can occur between opposite charges within the thunderstorm cloud (intra-cloud lightning) or between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground (cloud-to-ground lightning). Lightning is one of the oldest observed natural phenomena on earth. It can be seen in volcanic eruptions, extremely intense forest fires, surface nuclear detonations, heavy snowstorms, in large hurricanes, and obviously, thunderstorms.