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There is a delay of 5 seconds between the time you see a flash of lightning and hear the thunder?
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the lightning is roughly a mile away
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Why is there a delay between the lightning an thunder?
There is a delay between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder because the speed of light (lightning) is much faster than the speed of sound (thunder). Thus, you SEE lightning first, and then you HEAR thunder later.
What is the approximate distance of the thunderstorm if you notice a three-second delay between the flash of lightning and the sound of the thunder?
The approximate distance is 1 kilometer or about 3/5ths of a mile away.
What is the approximte distance of a thunderstorm if you notice a three-second delay between the flash of lighting and the sound of the thunder?
About three-fifths of a mile. The sound of the thunder takes approximately five seconds to travel one mile.
What is the difference between lightning and thunder?
Thunder is what you hear, lightning is what you see, but both are due to electrical discharge in the atmosphere. They can seem to be separated in time to an observer (you see the lightening before you hear the thunder) because of the large difference in the speed of sound and the speed of light. If you are significant distance away (a few miles or kilometers), the light from the discharge will reach you almost instantly, but the sound can take several seconds to arrive. In fact you can measure the distance from you to the lightening in this way: for each second delay between seeing it and hearing it, the lightening bolt is approximately 300 meters, or 1000 ft away. Thunder is merely the rumbling sound that lightning creates. You hear the thunder after you see the lighting because light travels faster than sound. Lightning is the light that is emitted, and thunder is the sound.
What is the distance between you and a storm if you hear thunder five seconds after you see lightning?
Since sound travels at about 1100 feet per second at approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit, you would be 5500 feet from the lightning. But you would be closer to the storm because lightning rarely occurs on the edge of a storm.
Why is there a delay between the lightning an thunder?
There is a delay between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder because the speed of light (lightning) is much faster than the speed of sound (thunder). Thus, you SEE lightning first, and then you HEAR thunder later.
How would you calculate the speed at which a thunderstrom cell is moving?
Count the time in seconds between a lightning flash and the thunder clap. Five seconds delay equals 1 mile in distance.
Why can't you see thunder?
Thunder is our name for the sound made by lightning. The reason there is (usually) a delay between when you see the bolt of lightning and hear the thunder is that light travels more quickly than does sound. This is the reason that you can count seconds between seeing lightning and hearing thunder to figure out how close the lightning is to you. When the lightning is closer to you, the sound doesn't take as much time to travel to your ears and thus the gap between the lightning and thunder is shorter. So you can't see thunder because it's merely a sound - but you can see the source of that sound.
This is a delay of 5 seconds between the time you see a flash of lightning and hear thunder if the temperature is 20 celsius how far away is the lightning strike?
So, the sound travels at about 340 meters per second. The answer is 340 meters X 5 seconds equals 1700 meters away is the lightning strikes.
How far can you hear thunder?
Typically, thunder can be heard up to 10 miles away from a lightning strike. Sound travels much slower than light, so there is a delay between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder.
Is there a delay for thunder during soccer?
In non-professional football, they do delay a game for lightning/thunder, and on some cases, heavy rain.
Does thunder flash 5 mins after lightning?
No. The rule of thumb is there is a delay of 5 secondsbetween lightning and thunder for every mile of distance from the bolt.
If it takes 10 seconds for it to thunder after lightning strikes how far is the storm?
Approximately 2.5 miles. Every 4 second delay is the equivalent of one mile.
During a thunderstorm you see the lightning followed by the sound of the thunder What causes the delay between the light and the sound?
Light travels much faster then sound. That is what causes the delay.
Why is lightning heard before thunder?
Lighting always comes just before thunder because it is the heat of lightning that causes thunder. Lightning is seen when there is a discharge of atmospheric electricity in the clouds or between clouds and the ground. The energy from the lightning heats the air and causes a sudden expansion of the air (followed by a rapid contraction), which results in the sound called thunder. Since the heat of lightning causes the expansion that results in thunder, the lighting must come first. (see related link below) Because light travels faster than sound, an observer will normally perceive a delay between lightning and thunder. This delay increases with farther distance from the actual lightning strike. People will often count the seconds that pass after they see lightning until they hear the thunder. The shorter the time observed between the two, the closer the lightning is to the observer. - In English units, every 5 seconds of delay is about a mile in distance. - In metric units, every 3 seconds of delay is about a kilometer in distance.
What is the approximate distance of a thunder storm if you notice a three-second delay between the flash of lightning and the sound of the thunder?
sound speed = d/p 340m/s = d/3s d= 1020 m
What is the approximate distance of the thunderstorm if you notice a three-second delay between the flash of lightning and the sound of the thunder?
The approximate distance is 1 kilometer or about 3/5ths of a mile away.
