thunderstorm

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Recent Examples of thunderstorm Louisville weather forecast Tuesday Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Oct. 2025 The broad area of low pressure is producing disorganized thunderstorms and showers several hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, the hurricane center said in a tropical outlook issued at 2 p.m. ET. James Powel, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025 The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025 Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thunderstorm
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Noun
  • Cooler weather is expected to settle on southeastern Wisconsin this week.
    Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • What is The Old Farmer's Almanac Thanksgiving 2025 weather forecast?
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Speaking under dark clouds minutes after a thundershower drenched onlookers, Ms. Truss leaned on the weather as a metaphor for the economic challenges facing Britain.
    Stephen Castle, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • For most of the Lower Peninsula and the UP there is a slightly higher of rain while southern areas are forecast to see normal precipitation.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With the season’s snowfall dependent on storms that happen on a day-by-day basis, some of these areas could see these wetter conditions in the form of winter precipitation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025

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