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Like normal lightning, it is the visual discharge when the potential difference is large. This would better be explain graphically with pictures but I'll do my best to explain. During a lightning storm, lightning is continually firing looking for a suitable conductor to touchdown with. Since all things have there own, albeit weak, electromegnetic fields, just about anything is a candidate for a strike. Little electric "feelers" extend from items like trees, grass, poles, etc up towards the sky. Since opposites attract, and if the difference is strong enough, you will see lightning shoot from the sky as it finds one of the millions of "feelers" eminating from earthly items. This can appear to come from the ground, which technically a little part does. The "feeler" lights up as it contacts the lightning, thus you see ground-to-air/air-to-ground lightning.
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∙ 11y agobecause or the nagative charges in the cloud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called lightning?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called what?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What is cloud to cloud lightning called?
Inter-cloud lightning!
How often does cloud to earth lightning occur?
a lot. About 60,000 timesaminutes over the whole earth
Does lightning only occur from cloud to ground?
Double ZapperYes. In fact, visible lightning usually comes up from the ground into the cloud! The lightning bolt is actually retracing a path of weak electricity that the cloud sent down as a sort of "feeler" sensing for the shortest path to take to the ground. So if you're in an open space during a lightning storm, and you feel your hair stand up from static electricity, you might want to run for cover!
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called lightning?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
What is it when lightning strikes within one cloud?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called .?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
When lightning strikes within one cloud it is called what?
It's called in-cloud or cloud-to-cloud lightning.
How can you have thunderstorms without lightning?
Thunderstorms typically include lightning as a result of electrical discharge between clouds or between a cloud and the ground. However, in some cases, thunderstorms can occur without visible lightning due to certain weather conditions, such as the absence of sufficient charge separation or the lightning occurring within the cloud itself, known as "intra-cloud" lightning.
What is it called when lighting within one cloud?
Lightning
When lighting strikes within one cloud is called?
Lightning
What is it called when lighting strikes within one cloud?
Lightning
When lighting strikes within one cloud it is called?
Lightning
What is cloud to cloud lightning called?
Inter-cloud lightning!
How is sheet lightning different than lightning strikes?
Sheet lightning is Cloud to Cloud where Lightning is Cloud to Ground.
How often does cloud to earth lightning occur?
a lot. About 60,000 timesaminutes over the whole earth
