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Does lightning strike more than 100 times on Earth every second?
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On average, 39-49. See the related link for more information.
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How can you estimate how far away the lightning strike will be?
By listening for the thunder. When you see a prominent lightning strike, start counting "one thousand one, one thousand two", etc. Each of those is about one second. There are five seconds in every mile (sound travels 1/5th of a mile per second). If you count to fifteen, the lightning strike is three miles away. Lightning and thunder occur at the same instant when the lightning strike is very close to you, and the thunder will sound more like a cymbal crash.
How many times does lighting strike the earth in a minute?
About 100 per second. See the related link for more informaton.
Why Does lightning strike 100 times per minute?
A better estimate is 100 strikes per second. At any given time there are about 2,000 thunderstorms occurring worldwide. In most of them lightning will strike every few minutes to every few seconds. if wee divide 100 strikes per minute by 2,000 storms we get an average of 3 strikes per minute (a strike every 20 seconds) per storm, which is a pretty reasonable frequency.
Does a thunderstorm happen at day or night?
Lightning can strike at any time of day or night. Worldwide there are about 100 lightning strikes every second.
Three most important things about electricity?
Lightning can happen cloud-to-ground, intra-cloud, and inter-cloud. Lightning is almost every color of the rainbow. lightning is rarely yellow. Lightning doesn't strike the tallest thing, it follows the easiest path.
How many times a year does lightning strike the earth?
Although many lightning flashes are simply cloud-to-cloud, there are as many as 9,000,000 reported lightning strikes that damage buildings, trees, and other objects every year.Worldwide, it is estimated that of an annual 1.4 billion lightning bolts, 25% (more than 350 million) will strike the Earth's surface or objects on the surface. The vast majority of these strikes, however, occur in the tropics, and in unpopulated areas.100 times per second;Lightning can strike over a thousand times in one storm. So, lightning strikes the earth over a million times a day.Globally, 8,640,000 lightning strikes per day. See the related link for more information.
How can you estimate how far away the lightning strike will be?
By listening for the thunder. When you see a prominent lightning strike, start counting "one thousand one, one thousand two", etc. Each of those is about one second. There are five seconds in every mile (sound travels 1/5th of a mile per second). If you count to fifteen, the lightning strike is three miles away. Lightning and thunder occur at the same instant when the lightning strike is very close to you, and the thunder will sound more like a cymbal crash.
How many times does lighting strike the earth in a minute?
About 100 per second. See the related link for more informaton.
Why Does lightning strike 100 times per minute?
A better estimate is 100 strikes per second. At any given time there are about 2,000 thunderstorms occurring worldwide. In most of them lightning will strike every few minutes to every few seconds. if wee divide 100 strikes per minute by 2,000 storms we get an average of 3 strikes per minute (a strike every 20 seconds) per storm, which is a pretty reasonable frequency.
Does a thunderstorm happen at day or night?
Lightning can strike at any time of day or night. Worldwide there are about 100 lightning strikes every second.
How do you figure the distance of storms from you?
If it is a thunderstorm, you check how long it takes to hear the thunder after you see a lightning strike. For every five seconds, the lightning strike is about one mile away. The lightning causes the thunder, and the sound travels at a speed of about one mile per five seconds.
How do you calculate how far a storm is away?
After you here thunder every 6 seconds until the next lightning strike it is a mile.
Three most important things about electricity?
Lightning can happen cloud-to-ground, intra-cloud, and inter-cloud. Lightning is almost every color of the rainbow. lightning is rarely yellow. Lightning doesn't strike the tallest thing, it follows the easiest path.
Does lighting hit something everytime it strikes?
Lightning does not hit something every time it strikes. There are various forms of lightning. Lightning that is classified as "cloud to ground" lightning will strike something in it's path. Another form of lightning is sheet lightning. This type of lighting illuminates the sky and spreads from cloud to cloud.
How rare is lightning?
Its occurrence varies from one region to the next, but on the whole lightning is very common. Worldwide it is estimated that there are about 100 lighting strikes every second.
Around the world lightning strikes approximately times per second?
A+ hundred
Is heat currently escaping from the interior of the Earth?
Every second of every hour of every day.
