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Diagram illustrating the evolution of a gust front during a thunderstorm, showing warm updrafts and cool downdrafts within a large cumulonimbus cloud, with arrows indicating airflow. The right side details four stages: formative, early mature, late mature, and dissipating, each with airflow patterns as the storm progresses.

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Diagram illustrating the evolution of a gust front during a thunderstorm, showing warm updrafts and cool downdrafts within a large cumulonimbus cloud, with arrows indicating airflow. The right side details four stages: formative, early mature, late mature, and dissipating, each with airflow patterns as the storm progresses.

thunderstorm: gust front

The development of a gust front from a thunderstorm.

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