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You count 1,2,3,4,5, and every 5 seconds, the lightning is 1 mile away. 10 seconds would be 2 miles away, and so on.
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You hear thunder 13.9 seconds after a lightning flash how far are you from lightning?
then the lightning is 2.78 miles away from you.
What is lightning without thunder?
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
Is heat lightning real?
Yes. it is not any special type of lighting, however; it is simply lightning that is too far away to hear the thunder.
Is heat lightning ball sheet ribbon or forked?
Heat lightning is the same thing as sheet lightning. It is not a distinct kind of lightning, but simply ordinary lightning that is too far away to see the bolt itself or hear the thunder.
When lighting appears in the remote distance and appears to produce no thunder sound it is called?
When lightning appears in the remote distance and appears to produce no thunder sound, it is popularly known as "heat lightning." Meteorologists will tell you that there really is no such thing as a distinct type of lightning that is not followed by thunder. All lightning produces thunder, but it is only audible for a distance of some 15-20 miles from the storm. At night, lightning can be seen for distances of up to 125 miles if the conditions are right. So when lightning is seen but no thunder is heard, you are simply too far away from the storm.
How do you tell how far away a storm is?
To tell how far away a storm is note the seconds between the appearance of lightning and the sound of thunder. Every second between lightning and thunder represents one mile.
What happens when there is lightning but no thunder?
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.
Why do you see the lightning first if you are far away?
Because light travels much faster than sound.
Clare sees a lightning flash and counts 10 seconds before hearing its thunderclap If the speed of sound in air at sea level is about 730 miles per hour how far away is the lightning?
As far away as your brain is from your homework
Is thunder heard before the flash of lightning?
not if you are standing far enough away and not at all the sound of the lightning is thunder but if you were standing directly underneath it the sound would come at the exact moment of the light
What is the difference between heat lightning and regular lightning?
Nothing. Heat lightning is just lightning too far away to be heard.
Why do you see the flash of lightning before heaving the thunder?
Light travels through air about 873,000 times as fast as sound does. If lightning strikes two kilometers away, it takes the light 6.67 microseconds to reach you (a microsecond is a millionth of a second), but it takes the sound 5.83 seconds to reach you. You can use that difference to determine how far away a lightning strike is. If you start a stopwatch as soon as you see a lightning flash then stop it as soon as you hear the thunder, then divide the time in seconds by 2.91 km/s, the quotient is the distance of the lightning in kilometers (divide by 4.69 miles/s to get the distance of the lightning in miles).
Why does thundering occur with out lightning?
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.
What kind of lightning is heat lightning?
Lightning from a distant thunderstorm too far away for thunder to be heard
You hear thunder 13.9 seconds after a lightning flash how far are you from lightning?
then the lightning is 2.78 miles away from you.
What type of lightning is heat lightning?
Heat lightning is just ordinary lightning that is too far away for you to hear the thunder.
Why is thunder associated by lightning?
Lightning heats up the air and the heated expanding air causes the thunder sound. You can estimate how far away the lightening was by counting seconds after the flash, 6 seconds to a mile away.thunder is the sound of lightning after the lightning strike occurs
