electrostatic forces cause clouds and dust to stick together and aggregate into a big clump and be liable to precipitate

this by itself is going to change the motion of the atmosphere, the drops and dust moving together pushes the air away

it essentially will induce a cloud front which is exactly one of the things that causes wind during storms, a sharp difference between air pressure in the cloudy, wet area and the dry, de-dustified area

if you have ever used an air ioniser and tried making an earthing mat to catch the dust, you'll see that the dust is pulled towards the earthed metal surface, because this allows it to discharge its energy

the same electrostatically driven motion will cause a big enough differential to induce air to move violently

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thermoclines are not the only force affecting droplets of water and dust in the atmosphere... electrostatic charges are definitely involved and why the most common form of lightning emanates from storm clouds

they are negatively charged

there are other types of lightning, like ball lightning and the Cosmic Thunderbolt (which is an extremely rare phenomenon), but storms, wind and lightning go together like peaches and cream... there is a connection between them all:

solar driving via electrons coming through the ionosphere when there is a moderate mass ejection nearby, the electrons are pushed down and clump the water and dust and create a cloud front and then wind and tada

i lived in australia, i'm used to intense storms... we have them also here at certain times in madeira and they coincided with some strong CMEs - i've been keeping an eye on that lately