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Which of the following weather systems has the shortest duration of lifecycle?
Exam Year(s)
GATE XE - 2026,
Answer: B
The shortest-lived system is the thunderstorm.
A single thunderstorm cell lives for about an hour, passing through its cumulus, mature and dissipating stages, and even organised multicell systems last only a few hours.
Tropical cyclones last from several days to two weeks, western disturbances take days to cross north India, and the winter (north-east) monsoon is a seasonal circulation lasting months.
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