Energy Source Spinning Like a Dynamo Energy.
Energy comes in many forms.
Although energy is neither created nor destroyed, it can change forms. In fact, those transformations help drive the furious winds. This latent heat is the energy that liquid water took in when it evaporated to form the water vapor. According to Robert Davies-Jones of the National Severe Storms Laboratory, latent heat is the biggest single source of energy in a thunderstorm. The released latent heat warms the rising air parcel, making the storm's air lighter than the air around it.