Thunderstorm life cycle

1:18 · From §10.6 of the Private Pilot study guide · Captions on screen, no audio

A storm growing from cumulus to mature to dissipating, with updrafts, downdrafts and the gust front.

This lesson is animated in code, with captions on screen and no audio. Aircraft, cloud, runway and scenery images are AI-generated illustrations made for teaching; they are not photographs and not exact depictions of any aircraft. Instruments are drawn in code. Sectional chart excerpts are FAA charts (public domain) and are not for navigation.

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