gas envelope.

A low-mass gas planet can still have a radius resembling that of a gas giant if it has the right temperature.

Precipitation and meteorological phenomena

Jovian weather

Heat that is funneled upward by local storms is a major driver of the weather on gas giants. Much, if not all, of the deep heat escaping the interior flows up through towering thunderstorms. These disturbances develop into small eddies that eventually form storms such as the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. On Earth and Jupiter, lightning

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