hey, im also curious about this.. but i think it can be measured because lightning has also positive and negative charges (electric charge), and it's an electiricty.. and the SI unit to measure electric charge is Couloumb.
Yes, mostly as thunder. But technically, what you are hearing is the effect of lightning.
When a charge builds up in a cloud and an opposite charge builds up on the ground, the charges explosively connect, causing lightning. This discharge heats the air to a very high temperature. The sound we hear as thunder is the rapid expansion of the air that the lightning passes through. (If you are close enough, you can also hear the ionization that accompanies the discharge.) So we hear the direct effect of the lightning, but not the lightning itself.
Lightning is simply an electric current, and so has the properties of 'Current', measured in amps, 'Potential', measured in volts, and 'Power', measured in watts. (Also 'Energy', which is power over a period of time, measured in watt-hours.)
These properties vary greatly according to atmospheric conditions, but according to NASA, a typical strike has a peak power of up to 1 trillion watts (or 1,000 gigawatts - be careful you don't overload your flux-capacitor), a potential of up to 500,000 volts, and a peak current of up to 200,000 amps.
The time difference between the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder tells you the approximate distance. The time between when the flash happens and when you see it is negligible, but the speed of sound is approximately a mile every 5 seconds. So if you count the seconds and divide by 5, that will give you the rough distance of the lightning.
Lightning is measured depending on the speed of wind it has for example if the speed is 130 mph then the measurement of the lightning will be about only 40 or 50 length
You can't measure thunder and lightning. Unless you invent something that does measure it.
You can't
yes
thunder and lightning do not come together as lightning is way much faster than thunder.
lightning+ thunder-=light'n'thunder
folk beliefs about thunder and lightning
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.
Well, thunder doesn't actually produce lightning. Lightning produces thunder.
thunder is the sound of lightning if that is what you are asking
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
The Latin words for thunder and lightning are: Thunder = Tonitrus Lightning = Fulgoris, Fulgor Storm = Procella
thunder and lightning do not come together as lightning is way much faster than thunder.
Although the sound of lightning is thunder, a good instrument to use would be a bass drum.
No. Thunder is the sound produced by lightning. Lightning is a form of electricity.
Lightning causes thunder. Lightning is a massive electrical discharge that you see as a bolt or flash of light. Thunder is the sound caused when the lightning superheats the air, creating a shockwave.
lightning+ thunder-=light'n'thunder
folk beliefs about thunder and lightning
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.
Well, thunder doesn't actually produce lightning. Lightning produces thunder.
Yes, A Lightning storm produces lightning, thunder comes with the light. Thunder comes after lightning because sound is slower than light.