• Ordinary Thunderstorms is a 2009 novel by William Boyd. It explores the dark side of London's underworld and the international pharmaceutical industry...
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    electrical discharge caused by a volcanic eruption rather than from an ordinary thunderstorm. Volcanic lightning arises from colliding, fragmenting particles...
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  • Organized severe weather occurs under the same conditions that generate ordinary thunderstorms: atmospheric moisture, lift (often from thermals), and instability...
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    An air-mass thunderstorm, also called an "ordinary", "single cell", "isolated" or "garden variety" thunderstorm, is a thunderstorm that is generally weak...
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    more thunderstorms than any other state but fewer supercell storms. Florida tornadoes are more often spawned by the frequent ordinary thunderstorms that...
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    Any Human Heart; Hamish Hamilton, 2002 Restless; Bloomsbury, 2006 Ordinary Thunderstorms; Bloomsbury, 2009 Waiting for Sunrise; Bloomsbury, 2012 Solo; Jonathan...
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    Charles Stross     2010 From Hell With Love Simon R. Green     2010 Ordinary Thunderstorms William Boyd     2010 Rogue Farm Charles Stross     2010 Zombie...
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  • OCLC 64289453 Dewey Decimal 823/.914 22 LC Class PR6052.O9192 R47 2006 Preceded by Any Human Heart (2002)  Followed by Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009) ...
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  • (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 353 ISBN 1-4088-1774-8 (h/b) ISBN 1-4088-1858-2 (p/b) Preceded by Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009)  Followed by Solo (2013) ...
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    formation and appearance. However, both hail and graupel are common in thunderstorms with cumulonimbus clouds, though graupel also falls in winter storms...
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  • 2009 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark – November 2009 Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd – December 2009 Summer Reads – December 2009 Cloudstreet...
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    convective regions of severe thunderstorms in the north central United States. It is theorized that severe thunderstorms in this region obtain an "inverted...
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    pea-sized to several meters in diameter. Though usually associated with thunderstorms, the observed phenomenon is reported to last considerably longer than...
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    quantity TNT-equivalent mass (or mass of TNT equivalent), expressed in the ordinary units of mass and its multiples: kilogram (kg), megagram (Mg) or tonne...
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    of the antiparticles (or "partners") of the corresponding particles in "ordinary" matter, and can be thought of as matter with reversed charge and parity...
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  • but the bomb squad officer (Pope) reveals that the package has only an ordinary clock. Wymar detains Bellington nonetheless, as the law allows for eight...
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    weather can be expected. A cloudy glass with small stars indicates thunderstorms. If the liquid contains small stars on sunny winter days, then snow...
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    ranging from cumulus congestus to cumulonimbus, the latter producing thunderstorms associated with lightning and thunder. Those two types of clouds can...
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  • maneuvers includes testing out a new high powered camera. It looks like an ordinary black box with wires coming out of it. For security, it is set to explode...
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    slogans painted by governmental organizations, and some are works of art by ordinary citizens, representing their views on both social and political issues...
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    controlled interplay between the cascade and anomalous radiative trapping. Thunderstorms can produce a brief pulse of gamma radiation called a terrestrial gamma-ray...
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    such sounds in severe thunderstorms; any strong, damaging wind, a severe hail volley, or continuous thunder in a thunderstorm may produce a roaring sound...
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    strong thunderstorms and severe weather. outflow Air that flows outwards (away from) a storm system. Outflow typically radiates from thunderstorms in the...
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  • bomb" in the field of meteorology, following recent torrential rain and thunderstorms which caused flooding along the east coast; Forbes World's Billionaires...
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  • survivors. While the film is primarily a monster movie, it explores how ordinary people react under extreme circumstances. Darabont notably altered the...
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    they have some affinity. Free protons occur occasionally on Earth: thunderstorms can produce protons with energies of up to several tens of MeV. Free...
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    at the Met Office, where he began looking for accurate ways to track thunderstorms using the radio waves given off by lightning. This led to the 1920s...
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    does not want Fronk since he is Mexican. Garrett was expecting a plain ordinary person named Frank Smith. Jim insists they keep Fronk and guarantees things...
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    the weather planes reported both targets clear. The aircraft ran into thunderstorms, with the fully armed bomb on board. Unexpectedly a white light on the...
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    winter, while the east receives most of its moisture from late summer thunderstorms. Many areas experience extreme heat, with the hottest temperatures in...
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