When a TV weather forecaster gives a forecast for "widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms," these storms are probably associated with ________

A) a warm front generating thunderstorms along it
B) the core of a midlatitude cyclone
C) a cold front generating thunderstorms along it
D) an unstable air mass, probably maritime tropical air with thunderstorms driven by thermals in an unstable air mass


D

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