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... THUNDERSTORM ORIGINS, MORPHOLOGY, AND DYNAMICS STRONG CONVECTION Development of a severe convective system depends on a stratification of temperature, moisture, and horizontal wind that produces extreme buoyancy forces tending to accelerate the motion of both ascending and descending air parcels. A steepening of the temperaturelapse rate is not alone sufficient, because there are many situations in which the energy of overturning can be dissipated in minor events about as fast as it becomes available through solar heating or other processes.
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