thunderstorm activity
Stormy atmospheric disturbances
Thunderstorm activity refers to the occurrence or prevalence of thunderstorms in a given area or time period.
Meteorologists use the term when discussing weather patterns: Thunderstorm activity is expected to increase this afternoon.
The phrase encompasses lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and associated phenomena as a collective event rather than individual storms.
- lightning strikeAtmospheric electrical discharge
- cumulonimbusTowering storm-producing cloud
- severe weatherDangerous atmospheric phenomena
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
- power outageLoss of electrical supply
monsoon · mesocyclone · tornado watch · wind · flash · convection · hailstorm · bolt · ionization · supercell · squall line · tropical cyclone · boom · anvil cloud · weather radar · weather warning · flash flood · crack
thunderstorm activityclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
fair weather · sunny skies · settled weather · blue skies · mild weather
thunder, storm, thunderstorm, thunderstorms, thundering, thundered, thunderous, thunderously, thunders