Definitions for supercell
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1. supercellnoun

   A severe thunderstorm with updrafts and downdrafts that are in near balance, allowing the storm to maintain itself for several hours. Supercells often produce large hail, powerful downpours, very strong winds and sometimes tornadoes.

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1. Supercell

   A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (supercell, squall line, multi-cell, and single-cell), supercells are the overall least common and have the potential to be the most severe. Supercells are often isolated from other thunderstorms, and can dominate the local weather up to 32 kilometres (20 mi) away. They tend to last 2–4 hours. Supercells are often put into three classification types: classic (Normal precipitation level), low-precipitation (LP), and high-precipitation (HP). LP supercells are usually found in climates that are more arid, such as the high plains of the United States, and HP supercells are most often found in moist climates. Supercells can occur anywhere in the world under the right pre-existing weather conditions, but they are most common in the Great Plains of the United States in an area known as Tornado Alley. A high number of supercells are seen in many parts of Europe as well as in the Tornado Corridor of Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil.

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1. Supercell

   A supercell is a thunderstorm that is characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. For this reason, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms, supercells are the overall least common and have the potential to be the most severe. Supercells are often isolated from other thunderstorms, and can dominate the local climate up to 32 kilometres away. Supercells are often put into three classification types: Classic, Low-precipitation and High-precipitation. LP supercells are usually found in climates that are more arid, such as the high plains of the United States, and HP supercells are most often found in moist climates. Supercells can occur anywhere in the world under the right pre-existing weather conditions, but they are most common in the Great Plains of the United States, an area known as Tornado Alley.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of supercell in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of supercell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of supercell in a Sentence

1. Jack Kent at IHS Technology:

   There comes a time when all games wane in popularity, but Supercell's audience will certainly give them scale to build on when that happens.

2. Chris Broyles:

   The tornadoes are being caused by supercell storms that are being driven by the strong wind shear.

3. Harold Brooks:

   A man stands atop a smashed car in a tornado-ravaged neighborhood south of Oklahoma City. The F5 tornado killed some 44 people in May 1999. ( Reuters) Most tornadoes form from supercells, also known as a rotating thunderstorm or a mesocyclone. A supercell is typically a thunderstorm with the winds already in motion, according to National Geographic. It requires a combination of warm, moist air and cold, dry air which are the ingredients for a regular thunderstorm.

4. Kyle Thiem:

   Because the storms were incredibly shallow, that limited the growth of the parent supercell, which is why so little precipitation was falling, fully formed supercells have a much better ability to harness the low-level shear into the atmosphere in order to produce a tornado.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supercell
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=supercell