Explanation of Complete Life Cycle  
    Over the last three sections the development and decay of a non-severe thunderstorms has been explored. At this point all three stages of the non-severe thunderstorm life cycle will be combined into a composite animation. While viewing the animation think about the processes described in the previous three sections. The orange lines bow up during the early cumulus stage. This corresponds to warm air rising inside the cloud. Notice that later these lines bow downward as a result of cool air sinking within the cloud.