There was a sudden roar, a roar as terrible and loud as last night's thunderstorm.

突然传来一声咆哮，就像昨晚暴风雨一样震耳欲聋。

There was a thunderstorm here this morning.

今天早上这里有雷暴。

We hear about it in tornadic thunderstorms.

我们在龙卷风里听过这个名词。

Let's say you're standing outside of your house, admiring the approaching thunderstorm.

假设你站在屋外，欣赏即将来雷暴。

Maybe during a tornado. But this is a thunderstorm.

龙卷风才需要躲地下室， 可是这是大雷雨。

Sometimes there are intermittent thunderstorms all day in summer.

夏天有时整天有断断续续暴风雨。

The next day they got wet in a thunderstorm.

第二天，他们赶上一场雷阵雨，淋湿了。

So big that one witness said it looked like a thunderstorm.

大有击者称它看起来像是一场雷暴。

Afternoon pop-up thunderstorms are common on Florida's east coast this time of year.

每年这个时候，雷暴在下午突然出现在佛罗里达东海岸很常见。

These look and act just like thunderstorms, producing lightning and powerful winds in different directions.

看上去就像是雷雨天，并伴有来自不同方向闪电和飓风。

Still thunderstorms around Houston, Texas and a high there a beautiful 79.

德克萨斯州休斯顿周围仍然有雷暴，最高气温达美好79华氏度。

In the second half of the week, we will see overcast skies with scattered thunderstorms.

下半周，我们将看阴天，有零星雷雨。

And thunderstorms are shorter, smaller, and change faster than snowstorms.

雷暴比暴风雪更短，更小，变化更快。

You can find thunderstorms in different parts of the world, not just in the tropics.

你可以在世界各地发现雷暴，不仅仅是在热带地区。

Tornadoes are narrow storms that start in a thunderstorm and touch the ground.

龙卷风是始于雷暴并碰触地面小范围风暴。

A huge thunderstorm suddenly struck. And the merchant, already lost, became terrified.

一场大风暴突如而至，让已经迷路商人心惊胆战。

These are especially powerful, towering thunderstorms called supercells.

非常强大，非常激烈雷暴，被称为超级雷暴云。

Do you like this kind of like really changing weather, thunderstorms.

你喜欢这种多变天气吗，喜欢雷雨天气吗？

So why would a material that lures lightning bolts keep you safe during a thunderstorm?

那么为什么吸引闪电材料却能在暴风雨中让你安全呢？

A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.

龙卷风是指一个从空中雷暴延伸地面而生成旋转气柱。