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It's popularly known as "heat lightning," but meteorologists will tell you that there is really no such thing as a type of lightning that produces no thunder and is distinct from lightning that produces audible thunder. All lightning produces thunder, but it can only be heard for a distance of at most 15-20 miles under normal conditions. At night in certain conditions, lightning can be visible 125 miles away. You may not be able to hear the thunder because you are too far from the storm, but others within that 15 mile radius can hear thunder following the lightning strike.
Thunder is caused by the explosive expansion of air that gets super-heated very quickly by a lightning bolt. There can be no thunder without lightning, although you may not be able to see the lightning that caused it.
A thunderstorm, though most thunderstorms are not disasters.
While lightning produces very high temperatures, the amount of air it heats is fairly small. In most cases a bolt of lightning is a few miles away, too far away to feel the heat. People have felt the heat from lightning, but only when it struck dangerously close.
If the center of the storm is directly over you, the thunder and lightning occur simultaneously - and startlingly loudly. But most of the time, we see the lightning well before we hear the thunder because you see things instantaneously, due to the speed of light. But you hear things much more slowly. It takes five seconds for sound to travel a mile. Hence, if you see lightning, then hear the thunder ten seconds later, the center of the storm is two miles away.
Thunder is not dangerous; it is merely sound. It is lightning that is dangerous. The most dangerous type is cloud-to-ground lightning.
most likely there is lighting from a further away storm and that's why the thunder occurs other wise i don't know
No. Most thunderstorms produce rain. Thunder is a natural consequence of lightning.
rains, winds, tornadoes, thunder, and lightning
His lightning bolt! There cannot not be any storms if Zeus does not have his lightning bolt. For example, you can't have thunder without lightning.
It's popularly known as "heat lightning," but meteorologists will tell you that there is really no such thing as a type of lightning that produces no thunder and is distinct from lightning that produces audible thunder. All lightning produces thunder, but it can only be heard for a distance of at most 15-20 miles under normal conditions. At night in certain conditions, lightning can be visible 125 miles away. You may not be able to hear the thunder because you are too far from the storm, but others within that 15 mile radius can hear thunder following the lightning strike.
he is most know for throwing thunder and lightning
it would thunder and have lightning
Thunder is caused by the explosive expansion of air that gets super-heated very quickly by a lightning bolt. There can be no thunder without lightning, although you may not be able to see the lightning that caused it.
The fear of lightning is known as astraphobia. It is a specific phobia characterized by an intense fear or anxiety related to thunderstorms and lightning. Symptoms may include sweating, trembling, rapid heartbeat, and avoidance behavior during storms.
A thunderstorm, though most thunderstorms are not disasters.
In Norse mythology, the god of thunder and lightning was named Thor. He had a magic hammer that he threw at his enemies that created the lightning. As Thor traveled across the sky, the rumble of his chariot was heard as thunder. Thor ruled the sky and was the most powerful of the sons of Odin, the king of all the gods.