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Mystery #4Tier 2-3weather / air

Why do thunderstorms build on hot summer days?

A sweltering, sunny morning can turn into a towering thundercloud and a downpour by late afternoon. The hotter the day, the more likely the storm. Why would heat, which feels nothing like rain, build a thunderstorm?

A towering thunderstorm cloud with a spreading anvil top.
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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