In regards to tall thunderstorms, air seasoned with water vapor is the yeast that makes the cumuliform bread rise. Lee M. Grenci and Jon M. Nese, A World of Weather
The thundercloud is a gigantic, if comparatively slow, explosion of moist air, the latent heat of the moist air acting as the fuel. Sir Napier Shaw
I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi
I wield the flail of the lashing hail And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cloud
From horizon to horizon the clouds formed rounded, down-hanging pouches like the folds of an overstuffed quilt. Jack Bickham
All was well, until one day they met a thunderstorm -- more than a thunderstorm -- a thunder battle. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
The thunderstorm goes by; on one tree evening sunlight -- a cicada cry. Shiki
A good storm cloud full of lightning and rain on its way to its work
on a sunny desert day is a glorious object. John Muir , The Grand Canyon of the Colorado
The storm came rattling over the Heights in full fury. There was a violent wind as well as thunder. Jane Austen, Jane Eyre
Scratch my back with a lightning bolt,
Thunder rolls like a bass drum note,
The sound of the weather is heaven's ragtime band.
Jimmy Buffett
They are ponderous air ships, black as death, and freighted with the tempest; and at intervals their thunder, the signal-guns of that unearthly squadron, rolls distant along the deep of heaven. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told Tales
For minutes rain cataracted, hail rattled on iron and skittered across ground, lightning etched the armies in molten white and thunder roared damnation on drowned guns. The squall passed. It had ripped the clouds apart. Poul Anderson, A Mid-Summer Tempest
Thunderstorms of great violence purpled the sky. Eric Larson, Isaac's Storm
Lightning
To stand up against the deep dread-bolted thunder
In the most terrible and nimble stroke
Of quick, cross lightning?
William Shakespeare, King Lear
The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. Mark Twain, Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning
Spikes of lightning driven into the ground as the sound of God's hammer echoes across the plains... James J. Schroeder
What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof. Herman Melville, The Lightning-Rod Man
A knuckle of electricity raps against a crag just below the summit...the storm spits fire...sheets of lightning blush in the tall black clouds. Eric Pinder, Tying Down the Wind
The storm after a time grumbled its way slowly into the distance... Loren Eiseley, The Night Country
Yeller gal, Yeller gal, flashing through the night, Summer storms will pass you, unless the lightning's white. American Folk Saying
[Heat lightning]...dancing on the horizon to a broken tune played by far-off thunder. Rudyard Kipling
Thunder
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. Mark Twain
The thunder, that deep and dreadful organ pipe. William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Thunder, still far away, rolls and mutters along the western horizon. Edwin Way Teale
Far off, the muted kettledrums of thunder, pianissimo. Jim Carrier, The Ship and the Storm
When the thunder begins to merely tune up and scrape and saw, and key up the instruments for the performance, strangers say, "Why, what awful thunder you have here!" But when the baton is raised and the real concert begins, you'll find that stranger down in the cellar with his head in the ash-barrel. Mark Twain, New England Weather
Thunder is more than a simple sound. Thunder peals. Thunder rolls and rumbles through the stormy sky. Thunder cracks and claps. Keith C. Heidorn, The Weather Doctor
With each crackle of lightning, the air booms like a giant tympani drum, rattling the mountain's bones. Eric Pinder, Tying Down the Wind
Stormy Skies
Rainbows apologize for angry skies. Sylvia Voirol
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