Title: Describe the effects of temperature on weather formations.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training II (20053-II) > Section: Examining Atmospheric and Meteorological Conditions

Description should include the following:

- For a thunderstorm to form, the air must have sufficient water vapor, an unstable lapse rate, and an initial lifting action to start the storm process.
- Some storms occur at random in unstable air, last for only an hour or two, and produce only moderate wind gusts and rainfall. These are known as air mass thunderstorms and are generally a result of surface heating.

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