storm cell

noun
an air mass formed by powerful updrafts and downdrafts moving in convective loops, the smallest unit of a storm system.
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storm cell  
An air mass that contains up and down drafts in convective loops, moves and reacts as a single entity, and functions as the smallest unit of a storm-producing system.
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Storm cell is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
Another storm cell with scattered moisture is predicted for later tonight.
The hole that may open up in a weather system or in a storm cell may close within minutes from the time it opens up.
Most of the rain produced by the thunderstorm evaporates into relatively dry air beneath the storm cell.
Weather uplinks have delays, sometimes long enough a storm cell can grow from nothing to maturity between sequential updates.
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