Storm cell
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A storm cell is an air mass
that contains up and down draft
s in convective loops, moves and reacts as a single entity, and functions as the smallest unit of a storm-producing system.
Air mass
In meteorology, an air mass is a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content. Air masses cover many hundreds or thousands of square miles, and adopt the characteristics of the surface below them. They are classified according to latitude and their continental or maritime...
that contains up and down draft
Vertical draft
An updraft or downdraft is the vertical movement of air as a weather related phenomenon. One of two forces causes the air to move. Localized regions of warm or cool air will exhibit vertical movement. A mass of warm air will typically be less dense than the surrounding region, and so will rise...
s in convective loops, moves and reacts as a single entity, and functions as the smallest unit of a storm-producing system.