Checkout the map below, which shows the average number of days each year of thun

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Checkout the map below, which shows the average number of days each year of thunderstorm activity. Notice how there is a peak in thunderstorm activity in Colorado and New Mexico. What is the most common trigger for thunderstorms in that region of Colorado and New Mexico? Select one: a. frequent cold fronts in summer b. upslope flow on the front range of the Rocky Mountains c. the sea breeze d. large quantities of methane from cattle ranching e. there is an error on this map. Colorado and New Mexico rarely have thunderstorms

Explanation / Answer

We can able to understand the fact of generation of the thunderstorm in a perticular region. basically it can be taken as the thunderstorm are the result of the rapid upward movement of warm and moist air which termed as front. this front moves upward cool and condensed to create or generate a cumulonimbus cloud. as when the air reaches to the temperature range of the dew point for the cloud, it changes to the precipitation and fall in earth in the form of ice, rain and along with the production of lightening due to mutual collision of the such clouds. the air pressure remains low. it takes place generally in the mid lattitude region where collision of hot and cold air can easily takes place.

so the correct answer to this question is upslope flow on the front range of rocky mountains. as the mountains with upslow are in mid latitude which responsible to move warm front in upward direstion to form the clouds.

so option B is correct.

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