Located in west-central Pasco County, New Port Richey encompasses a total area of 4.6 miles. The Gulf of Mexico coastline borders the west side of the city, and the Pithlachascotee River runs through the cityâs heart.
Severe Thunderstorm Ingredients. The development of a thunderstorm is dependent upon three primary ingredients: atmospheric instability, moisture and a lifting mechanism. Severe thunderstorms, and supercell thunderstorms in particular, also require vertical wind shear.
Thunderstorms are created by updrafts of warm, humid air. When that rising air cools off at the higher altitudes and the humidity condenses into rainfall or hail, it creates downdrafts and outflows of cool, dry air that race ahead of the storm and the rainfall.