Severe Thunderstorm Observation and Modeling – A Review

Abstract

One of the nature’s most spectacular phenomenon; the thunderstorm is reviewed from the point of their formation, intensity, modeling, forecasting and field research. The thunderstorms are reviewed in particular with regard to their characteristics over the Indian sub-continent. There is a need for more concerted efforts on conducting field experiments, with convective scale data assimilation and ensemble modeling to improve the skills of forecasting the thunderstorms.